homologue

Etymology

Borrowed from French homologue.

noun

1. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.
   1. (linguistics) A phoneme, morpheme, or word shared by two languages or dialects, via cognation or naturalization.
   2. (biology, genetics, medicine) One of a group of similar DNA sequences that share a common ancestry, or the peptides or proteins that they encode; the counterpart gene or protein in another taxon evolved from a common ancestor (molecularly it may be either identical or similar).
      TP53 is the human homologue of murine Trp53.
   3. (organic chemistry) A member of a homologous series.
   4. (cultural anthropology) A belief, practice, concept, or artifact that has a counterpart in another culture.