homolog

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

homolog (plural homologs)

  1. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.
    2. (linguistics) A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization.
    3. (biology, genetics, medicine) 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).
      Hyponyms: ortholog, paralog
      TP53 is the human homolog of murine Trp53.
      • 2008, Chan-seok Jeong, Minho Lee, Dongsup Kim, edited by Ratko Magjarevic, World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006, Volume 1‎ (Biomedical Engineering), →ISBN, page 171:
        Detecting remote homolog by protein similarity network.
      • 2012, ‎Phillip Smith, ‎Thomas MacDonald, Principles of Mucosal Immunology, page 407:
        A more complex mechanism is used by Vibrio cholerae toxin and by the homolog heat-labile enterotoxin secreted by ETEC strains.
    4. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series.
    5. (cultural anthropology) A belief, practice, concept, or artifact that has a counterpart in another culture.

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German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /homoˈloːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ho‧mo‧log

Adjective

homolog (strong nominative masculine singular homologer, not comparable)

  1. homologous (all senses)

Declension

Positive forms of homolog (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist homolog sie ist homolog es ist homolog sie sind homolog
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative homologer homologe homologes homologe
genitive homologen homologer homologen homologer
dative homologem homologer homologem homologen
accusative homologen homologe homologes homologe
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der homologe die homologe das homologe die homologen
genitive des homologen der homologen des homologen der homologen
dative dem homologen der homologen dem homologen den homologen
accusative den homologen die homologe das homologe die homologen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein homologer eine homologe ein homologes (keine) homologen
genitive eines homologen einer homologen eines homologen (keiner) homologen
dative einem homologen einer homologen einem homologen (keinen) homologen
accusative einen homologen eine homologe ein homologes (keine) homologen

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French homologue.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ho‧mo‧log

Adjective

homolog

  1. homologous

References

  • “homolog”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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