| homologous serotype | An antibody that was induced by a particular antigen and reacts with that antigen. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| homologous serum jaundice | An obsolete term for viral hepatitis type B. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homologous stimulus | A stimulus that acts only on the nerve terminations in a special sense organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homologous tumour | <oncology> Any tumour which is composed of the same tissue as that in which it arose. (09 Oct 1997) |
| homolographic | Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion. Homolographic projection, a method of constructing geographical charts or maps, so that the surfaces, as delineated on a plane, have the same relative size as the real surfaces; that is, so that the relative actual areas of the different countries are accurately represented by the corresponding portions of the map. Origin: Homo- + Gr. Whole + -graph + -ic; but cf. F. Homalographique, Gr. Even, level. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| homologue | <genetics> One member of a related pair of human chromosomes. (14 Nov 1997) |
| homology | <embryology, genetics> Two anatomical structures or behavioural traits within different organisms which originated from a structure or trait of their common ancestral organism. The structures or traits in their current forms may not necessarily perform the same functions in each organism, nor perform the functions it did in the common ancestor. They may even have become completely unused and therefore vestigial. Compare: analogy. (09 Oct 1997) |
| homology of strands | homology of chains |