homologous
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- 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.