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homogeny

noun
ho·mog·e·ny | \ hōˈmäjənē , həˈ- , häˈ- \
plural -es

Definition of homogeny 

: correspondence between parts or organs due to descent from the same ancestral type : homology —opposed to homoplasy

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History and Etymology for homogeny

Greek homogeneia, from homogenēs of the same kind + -ia -y

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