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homolog

/ˈhɒməlɒɡ/ UK
/ˈhɑːməlɑːɡ/ US
/ˈhoʊməlɑːɡ/ US

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

noun homologs · homologon · homologue

A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization.
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). TP53 is the human homolog of murine Trp53.
A member of a homologous series.
A belief, practice, concept, or artifact that has a counterpart in another culture.

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"homolog." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/homolog.

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@misc{homolog_2026,
  title = {homolog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/homolog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}