homolog

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhɒməlɒɡ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈhɑːməlɑːɡ/, /ˈhoʊməlɑːɡ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

homolog (plural homologs)

  1. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or chromosome.
    • 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.
  2. (linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects.
  3. (genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
  4. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series.

German

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Adjective

homolog (not comparable)

  1. homologous (all senses)

Declension

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