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homologous medical definition
adjective
- Corresponding or similar in position, value, structure, or function.
- Similar in structure and evolutionary origin, though not necessarily in function.
- Relating to the correspondence between an antigen and the antibody produced in response to it.
- Having the same morphology and linear sequence of gene loci as another chromosome.
- Belonging to or being a series of organic compounds each successive member of which differs from the preceding member by a constant increment, especially by an added CH2 group.
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