Medical term:
analogy
analogy
[ah-nal´o-je]the quality of being analogous; resemblance or similarity in function or appearance, but not in origin or development.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
analogy
(ə-năl′ə-jē)n. pl. analo·gies
Biology Correspondence in function or position between organs of dissimilar evolutionary origin or structure.
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analogy
(a-nal'o-je) [Gr. analogos, analogy, proportion]1. Likeness between similar features of two things, allowing a comparison.
2. In biology, similarity in function but difference in structure or origin.
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