| homoplast | <biology> One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; also called homoorgan. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| homoplastic | Similar in form and structure, but not in origin. Origin: homo-+ G. Plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| homoplastic graft | <haematology> Grafts between two or more individuals allogeneic at one or more loci (usually with reference to histocompatibility loci). As opposed to autograft and xenograft. (18 Nov 1997) |
| homoplasty | <surgery> The replacement during surgery of a damaged organ or damaged tissue in an individual by an allograft - a donor organ or tissue from a genetically dissimilar member of the same species. Synonym: homoplastic graft. (09 Oct 1997) |