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homolog en · NOUN

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

Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element. ▸ A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization.
Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element. ▸ 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).
- A more complex mechanism is used by Vibrio cholerae toxin and by the homolog heat-labile enterotoxin secreted by ETEC strains. 2012, Phillip Smith, Thomas MacDonald, Principles of Mucosal Immunology, page 407:
- Detecting remote homolog by protein similarity network. 2008, Chan-seok Jeong, Minho Lee, Dongsup Kim, edited by Ratko Magjarevic, World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006, Volume 1 (Biomedical Engineering), →ISBN, page 171:
- TP53 is the human homolog of murine Trp53.
Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element. ▸ A member of a homologous series.
(qualifier:cultural anthropology) Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element. ▸ A belief, practice, concept, or artifact that has a counterpart in another culture.

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
homologue		alternative	lexicographic
homologon		alternative, archaic	lexicographic
homologs	Number=Plur		lexicographic