Definition of "homologies" [homologies]

• Plural form of homology. (noun)

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• "The fact that such diverse points of view could direct the observer towards the same result gives, inferentially, a suggestive lesson in what the modern physiologist calls the homologies of parts of the organism."
• "Geoffroy, the discoverer of "analogies" (now called homologies), held that animal anatomy had a "unity of plan" upon which thousands of variations were imposed."
• "J.F. Meckel [152] discusses "homologies" of this kind in the thorough and pedestrian way so characteristic of him."