Associations to the word «Homologue»

Wiktionary

HOMOLOGUE, noun. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound or a chromosome.
HOMOLOGUE, noun. (linguistics) A word shared by two languages or dialects.
HOMOLOGUE, noun. (genetics) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry.
HOMOLOGUE, noun. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates