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homologous

huh mo luh guhs

  • a  having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function
    the wing of a bat and the arm of a man are homologous
  • a  corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species
    a homologous tissue graft

  • Ingeniously, out of a wide scholarship, Author Heard traces the homologous development of caps and cathedrals, mitres and mosques15,000 years in a book of 150 pages that .
  • It broke out in just that portion of Chicago's anatomy where it might have been expected: the portion homologous to that area of the State of Washington which has been .
  • Stockpiling whole blood and plasma is now known to be risky: some recipients get a serious liver disease called homologous serum jaundice.
News & Articles

  • Myriad Genetics Announces Second HRD Collaboration
    SALT LAKE CITY -- Myriad Genetics, Inc. today announced a research collaboration with BioMarin that will use Myriad's novel HRD (Homologous Recombination Deficiency) test to identify tumor types that may ...
    Nov. 20, 2013 - GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
Quotes

  • Tyler Hamilton in New York Times
    On his Internet site, Hamilton said on Tuesday: "The day they told me I had tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing method of homologous blood transfusing, I threw forward my arm and said -- 'It's a mistake. Take another sample.' I was...

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