HOMO

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

Synonyms:

homo; human; human being; man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("homo" is a kind of...):

hominid (a primate of the family Hominidae)

Meronyms (parts of "homo"):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

hand; manus; mitt; paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb)

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)

foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)

human head (the head of a human being)

head of hair; mane (growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being)

body hair (short hair growing over a person's body)

anatomy; bod; build; chassis; figure; flesh; form; frame; human body; material body; physical body; physique; shape; soma (alternative names for the body of a human being)

loin; lumbus (either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds)

Domain member category:

syndactylism; syndactyly (birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes)

prepubertal; prepubescent ((especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth)

hyperdactyly; polydactyly (birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes)

schistosome dermatitis; swimmer's itch (a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes)

nutrition (the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans))

side (either the left or right half of a body)

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homo"):

human beings; human race; humanity; humankind; humans; man; mankind; world (all of the living human inhabitants of the earth)

Homo erectus (extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain)

Homo soloensis (extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus)

Homo habilis (extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics)

Homo sapiens (the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc)

Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neandertal; Neandertal man; Neanderthal; Neanderthal man (extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia)

Homo rhodesiensis; Rhodesian man (a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa)

Holonyms ("homo" is a member of...):

genus Homo (type genus of the family Hominidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex

Synonyms:

gay; homo; homophile; homosexual

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("homo" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homo"):

closet queen (a negative term for a homosexual man who chooses not to reveal his sexual orientation)

fag; faggot; fagot; fairy; nance; pansy; poof; poove; pouf; queen; queer (offensive term for a homosexual man)

gay woman; lesbian; tribade (a female homosexual)

Credits

Context examples:

Binding to DNA as a homo- or heterodimer, ESR interacts with NCOA3, NCOA5, and NCOA6 coactivators.

(Estrogen Receptor Family, NCI Thesaurus)

CCAAT enhancer binding proteins are a subclass of bZIP transcription factors that bind the CCAAT DNA sequence as homo- or heterodimers with other family members, C/EBP-alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon.

(CCAAT Enhancer Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Ligand binding to the four closely related members of this RTK family-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR, also known as ErbB-1 or HER1), ErbB-2 (HER2), ErbB-3 (HER3), and ErbB-4 (HER4)-induces the formation of receptor homo- and heterodimers and the activation of the intrinsic kinase domain, resulting in phosphorylation on specific tyrosine residues (pY) within the cytoplasmic tail.

(ERBB Family Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Disulfide-linked homo- and heterodimeric growth factors (Activin A, Activin B, Activin AB) of the TGF Family with effects on a range of cell types in addition to promoting FSH release in gonadal sites, depending on subunit composition.