homogenous

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US /həˈmɑd͡ʒɪnəs/ UK /həˈmɒd͡ʒɪnəs/
adj Freq #111131

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Having the same genetic structure; exhibiting homogeny.

    It is quite possible to have, on the one hand, developmental homogeny between parts which are not ancestrally homogenous, and, on the other, to have ancestral homogeny between parts which are not developmentally homogenous.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · having the same genetic... homologous
Word family
Derived forms homogenouslyhomogoceneinhomogenousmultihomogenousnonhomogenous

Etymology

From homo- + gene + -ous.

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