- Homo- (prefix)
- Combining form from the Greek "homos" meaning "same." The opposite is hetero- from the Greek "heteros" meaning different. For example, there is heterogeneous and homogeneous, heterosexual and homosexual, etc.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Homo- (prefix)
Look at other dictionaries:
homo- — [həuməu, mə, hɔmə US houmou, mə, ha:mə] prefix formal or technical [: Latin; Origin: Greek, from homos same ] same homosexual (=sexually attracted to people of the same sex) homographs (=words spelt the same way) … Dictionary of contemporary English
homo- — [həuməu, mə, hɔmə US houmou, mə, ha:mə] prefix formal or technical [: Latin; Origin: Greek, from homos same ] same homosexual (=sexually attracted to people of the same sex) homographs (=words spelt the same way) … Dictionary of contemporary English
homo- — (prefix) similar, the same, common, alike … Dictionary of ichthyology
homo- — prefix formal or technical same: homosexual (=attracted to the same sex) | homographs (=words spelt the same way) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Homo Sol — Infobox Short story | name = Homo Sol author = Isaac Asimov country = United States language = English series = Homo Sol Trilogy genre = Science fiction short story publication type = Periodical published in = Astounding Science Fiction publisher … Wikipedia
Homo Ludens (Book) — {|infobox Book name = HOMO LUDENS, a study of the play element in culture author = Johan Huizinga cover artist = Peter Bruegel the Elder country = language = English genre = publisher = Beacon Press, Boston release date = 1955 media type = Print… … Wikipedia
homo- — 1. Combining form meaning the same, alike; opposite of hetero . SEE ALSO: homeo . 2. In chemistry, prefix used to indicate insertion of one more carbon atom in a chain ( i.e., insertion of a methylene moiety). [G. homos, the same] * * * prefix… … Medical dictionary
Archaic Homo sapiens — Dawn men redirects here. For the stone circle, see Dawn s Men. Homo rhodesiensis Broken Hill Cranium : dated to either 130,000 years ago (using amino acid racemization determination) or 800,000 to 600,000 years ago (within the same time as Homo… … Wikipedia
Hetero- (prefix) — Combining form from the Greek heteros meaning different. The opposite is homo from the Greek homos meaning same. For example, heterogeneous and homogeneous, heterosexual and homosexual, etc … Medical dictionary
Homoleptic — In inorganic chemistry, a homoleptic chemical compound is a metal compound with all ligands identical. [GoldBookRef | title = homoleptic | file = H02850] The term uses a homo prefix to indicate that something is the same for all. Examples *… … Wikipedia
