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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French homologue, From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, agreeing, of one mind), equivalent to homo- +‎ -log.

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Noun

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homolog (plural homologs)

  1. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.
    1. (linguistics) A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization.
    2. (biology, genetics, medicine) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry, or the peptides or proteins that they encode; the counterpart gene or protein in another taxon evolved from a common ancestor (molecularly it may be either identical or similar).
      Hyponyms: ortholog, paralog
      TP53 is the human homolog of murine Trp53.
      • 2008, Chan-seok Jeong, Minho Lee, Dongsup Kim, edited by Ratko Magjarevic, World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006, Volume 1[1] (Biomedical Engineering), →ISBN, page 171:
        Detecting remote homolog by protein similarity network.
      • 2012, ‎Phillip Smith, ‎Thomas MacDonald, Principles of Mucosal Immunology, page 407:
        A more complex mechanism is used by Vibrio cholerae toxin and by the homolog heat-labile enterotoxin secreted by ETEC strains.
    3. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series.
    4. (cultural anthropology) A belief, practice, concept, or artifact that has a counterpart in another culture.
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German

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, agreeing, of one mind).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /homoˈloːk/
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  • Hyphenation: ho‧mo‧log

Adjective

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homolog (strong nominative masculine singular homologer, not comparable)

  1. homologous (all senses)

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