homonomousadj.
/həʊˈmɒnəməs/ Subject to the same or a constant law; spec. in Biology, having the same law or mode of growth: said of homologous parts or organs (opposed to heteronomous).
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unthriftyc1440
unthriving1600
abortive1601
stunted1719
abortient1768
stockeda1796
hypertrophic1832
accretionary1841
accretional1843
homonomous1854
stasimorphic1869
geomalic1880
homoeotic1894
concrescent1902
infantilistic1930
1854 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860)
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 112 The great number of homonomous segments..in Myriapoda.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 64 The individual fingers and toes..are homonomous structures.
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