Homœomorphous, hō-mē-ō-mor′fus, adj. having a like crystalline form, but not necessarily analogous composition.—n. Homœomor′phism. [Gr. homoios, like, morphē, form.]
Homœopathy, &c. See Homeopathy.
Homœozoic, hō-mē-ō-zō′ik, adj. containing similar forms of life. [Gr. homos, the same, zōē, life.]
Homogamous, ho-mog′a-mus, adj. (bot.) having all the florets hermaphrodite.—n. Homog′amy. [Gr. homos, the same, gamos, marriage.]
Homogeneal, hō-mō-jē′ni-al, Homogeneous, hō-mōjē′ni-us, adj. of the same kind or nature: having the constituent elements all similar.—ns. Homoge′neousness, Homogenē′ity, Homō′geny, sameness of nature or kind. [Gr. homogenēs—homos, one, same, genos, kind.]
Homogenesis, hō-mō-jen′e-sis, n. (biol.) a mode of reproduction in which the offspring is like the parent, and passes through the same cycle of existence.—adj. Homogenet′ic. [Gr. homos, the same, genesis, birth.]
Homograph, hom′ō-graf, n. a word of the same form as another, but different meaning and origin.—Also Homonym.
Homoiousian, hō-moi-ōō′si-an, adj. similar in essence (as distinct from the Nicene homo-ousion and the strictly Arian hetero-ousion), the semi-Arian position in the great Christological controversy of the 4th century (see Arian). [Gr. homoios, like, ousia, being—einai, to be.]
Homologate, hō-mol′o-gāt, v.t. to say the same: to agree: to approve: to allow.—n. Homologā′tion. [Low L. homologāre, -ātum—Gr. homologein—homos, the same, legein, to say.]
Homologous, hō-mol′o-gus, adj. agreeing: corresponding in relative position, proportion, value, or structure.—adj. Homolog′ical.—v.t. and v.i. Homol′ogise.—ns. Hom′ologue, that which is homologous to something else, as the same organ in different animals under its various forms and functions; Homol′ogy, the quality of being homologous: affinity of structure, and not of form or use. [Gr. homologos—homos, the same, legein, to say.]