homeotic

ho·me·o·tic

adj \ˌhō-mē-ˈä-tik, ˌhä-\

Definition of HOMEOTIC

: relating to, caused by, or being a gene producing a usually major shift in the developmental fate of an organ or body part

Origin of HOMEOTIC

from homeosis, homoeosis a shift in structural development, from Greek homoiōsis assimilation, resemblance, from homoioun to make like, from homoios

First Known Use: 1894

Rhymes with HOMEOTIC

abiotic, amniotic, anecdotic, asymptotic, Huguenotic, idiotic, melanotic, patriotic, posthypnotic, sansculottic, semiotic, symbiotic