What is another word for homologous?

Pronunciation: [həmˈɒləɡəs] (IPA)

Homologous refers to structures, organs, or features that have the same evolutionary origin but may have different functions. Synonyms for homologous include analogous, correspond, comparable, analogous to, and corresponding to. These terms all describe a similarity between two things or concepts but with some differences in their characteristics or properties. For example, analogous structures may have different functions but similar shapes or behaviors. Corresponding to suggests a relationship between two things that are proportional or have a one-to-one correspondence. Comparable means the items are similar in a way that enables them to be compared or evaluated for similarities and differences.

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Usage examples for Homologous

In the higher regions of thought the recognition of what a proposition is, and the recognition of its truth are more than homologous-they are the same thing.
"Weighed and Wanting"
George MacDonald
When the homologous chromosomes come together at synapsis it has been demonstrated, in some forms at least, that they twist about each other so that one chromosome comes to lie now on the one side now on the other of its partner.
"Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila"
Thomas Hunt Morgan Calvin B. Bridges
In other cases the similar parts are disposed symmetrically on either side of a median line or plane, giving a series of homologous parts which are not superposable.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc

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