homogeny
pronunciation
How to pronounce homogeny in British English: UK [həʊ'mɒdʒənɪ]
How to pronounce homogeny in American English: US [hoʊ'mɒdʒənɪ]
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- Noun:
- (biology) similarity because of common evolution
Word Origin
- homogeny (n.)
- 1620s, "uniformity of nature;" by 1856 in biological sense, from Greek homogeneia "community of origin," from homogene "of the same race or kind" (see homogeneous).