paralog
/ˈparəlɒɡ/Linguistics
noun
In experimental linguistics: a short verbal unit formed in accordance with the phonotactic and morphological systems of a particular language, used to test associations of sounds with meanings, etc., and often invented for such a purpose.
Origin
1950s. From para- + ancient Greek λόγος word.
- allosaurus
- alloseme
- allospecies
- allostasis
- allostatic
- allostatic load
- allosteric
- allosterically
- allosterism
- allostery
- allot
- allotable
- allotetraploid
- allotetraploidy
- allotheism
- allothigenic
- allotment
- allotmenteer
- allotment letter
- allotment system
- allotone
- allotransplant
- allotransplantation
- allotransplanted
- allotriomorph