homoeomorphousadj.
/hɒmiːəʊˈmɔːfəs/ Of similar form or structure: spec.
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a. Crystallography. Having similar crystalline forms: said esp. of substances differing in chemical composition or atomic proportions.
b. Pathology. (See quot. 1854.)
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primary1793
mammary1804
osteosarcomatous1825
polypoid1827
carcinoid1830
homoeomorphous1832
melanoid1839
polypiform1846
tyromatous1848
non-malignant1852
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haematomatous1886
fibro-lipomatous1889
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1832 Johnston in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 429 The differences under discussion have given rise in Germany to another term, homoiomorphous..It groups together crystalline forms differing widely in their angles, provided they belong to the same system of crystallization.
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Homœomorphus,..homeomorphous. Applied to tumours containing those elements which are found in a normal state of the organism.
1865–72 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 431 Many substances commonly regarded as isomorphous are in reality only homœomorphous, inasmuch as their atomic volumes differ considerably.
c. Palaeontology. Exhibiting or characteristic of homoeomorphy; similar in general aspect but dissimilar in detail.
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homologous1846
homological1849
homoplastic1870
parhomologous1888
isomeric1890
homoeomorphous1895
syntechnic1902
homoeomorphic1923
1895 S. S. Buckman in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 51 456 Biplicate Terebratulæ are, at any rate in the Jurassic rocks, independent, or heterogenetic, homœomorphous derivatives of non-plicate forms.
1913 S. S. Buckman in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 69 167 The two species..look like enough to be confused (are homœomorphous) until they are analysed ontogenetically.
1962 Proc. Geologists' Assoc. 73 12 It requires only sufficient skill and discernment..to see repeatedly, in one guise or another, homoeomorphous resemblances in many groups of organisms.
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