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(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..
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.
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Homeosis means (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..
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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.
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