homeosis

English

Alternative forms

• homoeosis, homœosis, homoiosis

Noun

homeosis (countable and uncountable, plural homeoses)

1. (pathology) The formation of a normal plant or animal structure or organ in place of another at an abnormal site; the transformation of one body part to another.
2. (archaic) Usage of similitude in rhetoric; drawing a conclusion from similarity of two objects of study.
   • 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:

     Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; / Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate: / For though the thesis which thou lay'st / Be true, ad amussim, as thou say'st; / For that bear-baiting should appear, / Jure divino, lawfuller / Than synods are, thou dost deny / Totidem verbis; so do I: / Yet there's a fallacy in this; / For if by sly homœosis, / Thou wouldst sophistically imply / Both are unlawful, I deny.

Translations

transformation of one body part into another

• French: homéose (fr) f
• Russian: гомео́зис (ru) m (gomeózis)