homoplastic

British  

/ ˌhəʊməʊˈplæstɪk, ˈhəʊməʊˌpleɪsɪ, ˌhɒm-, ˈhɒm- /

adjective

1. (of a tissue graft) derived from an individual of the same species as the recipient

2. another word for analogous

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Other Word Forms

• homoplastically adverb
• homoplasty noun
• homoplasy noun

Example Sentences

In other words, the Malpighian tubes of the terrestrial Arachnida are homoplastic with those of Hexapoda and Myriapoda, and not homogenetic with them.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Being always a homoplastic transfer, the new blood is not always tolerated by the old, in which case biochemical changes occur, resulting in hæmolysis, which corresponds to the disintegration of other unsuccessful homoplastic grafts.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

All other resemblances were to be called homoplastic.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

Serial homologues so formed might be called, as Mr. Ray Lankester has proposed, "homoplastic."

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

The chances against these two selected members exhibiting another really independent homoplastic agreement are enormous: let us say 10,000 to 1.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various