Meanings
nounhomodynamy (countable and uncountable, plural homodynamies)
plural homodynamies
- countableuncountablebiologyThe homology of metameres.
2 ) Homodynamy (equivalent to the general homology of Owen, and partly also to his serial homology) subsists between parts of the body which are affected by a general morphological phaenomenon serially expressed in the organism.
1878, Carl Gegenbaur, Elements of comparative anatomy
Origin
From homo- + Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”).
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