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nonhomologous

nonhomologous adjective: not homologous.

Adjective

nonhomologous (not comparable)

  1. Not homologous.
    • The nonhomologous RNA recombination resulted in an enhanced hemagglutinin cleavability.

Origin of nonhomologous

From non- + homologous.

Questions about nonhomologous

What does nonhomologous mean?
Nonhomologous means not homologous.
What part of speech is nonhomologous?
Nonhomologous is an adjective.

Words near nonhomologous in the dictionary

  1. nonhomogeneous
  2. nonhomogeneously
  3. nonhomogenized
  4. nonhomogenous
  5. nonhomologies
  6. nonhomologous
  7. nonhomologously
  8. nonhomology
  9. nonhomophobic
  10. nonhomophonic
  11. nonhomophonous

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