Homeosis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Homeosis is a noun meaning (rhetoric, archaic) Usage of similitude in rhetoric; drawing a conclusion from similarity of two objects of study.
Meaning
(rhetoric, archaic) Usage of similitude in rhetoric; drawing a conclusion from similarity of two objects of study.
More Meanings
- (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.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- homeoses
- homoeosis
- homoiosis
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include homoeosis, homoiosis, homoplasty, homeoplasy, homomorphosis, heterotopia.
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