Pronunciation: ˌ h ō -m ē - ' ä-tik, ˌ hä-
Function: adjective
Etymology: from homeosis, homoeosis a shift in structural development, from Greek homoi ō sis assimilation, resemblance, from homoioun to make like, from homoios
Date: 1894
: relating to, caused by, or being a gene producing a usually major shift in the developmental fate of an organ or body part