homogeny

noun

ho·​mog·​e·​ny

hōˈmäjənē,

həˈ-,

häˈ-

plural -es

: correspondence between parts or organs due to descent from the same ancestral type : homology

—opposed to homoplasy

Word History

Etymology

Greek homogeneia, from homogenēs of the same kind + -ia -y

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