Homotypic

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  • adj. literally "with the same type". In botanical nomenclature a homotypic synonym (or nomenclatural synonym) is a synonym that comes into being through a nomenclatural act
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Same as homotypal.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of a homotype; of the same type; symmetrical with or corresponding to something else on the opposite part of the same axis. Thus, the right hand is homotypic of the left; the right and left eyes are homotypic.
  • In cytology, relating to the second nuclear division after mitapsis: so called because it is very similar to ordinary mitosis.
    • Word Usage
    "A second homotypic division takes place in which each chromosome splits into two as in somatic divisions, and thus we have 4 gametes with 7 chromosomes each."
    Equivalent
    homotypical   
    Variant
    homotypal   
    Same Context
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