homolog

See also: Homolog

English

Alternative forms

• homologon (archaic)
• homologue

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒməlɒɡ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːməlɑːɡ/, /ˈhoʊməlɑːɡ/

• Audio (US):

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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^[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.

Related terms

• homologize
• homologize
• homologous
• homologous series
• homology

 

See also

• analog
• homotype

 

Anagrams

• hog loom, hog-loom, hogloom

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /homoˈloːk/

• Audio:

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• 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

• “homolog” in Duden online