homeosis
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homeosis (countable and uncountable, plural homeoses)
- (pathology) The formation of a normal plant or animal structure or organ in place of another at an abnormal site; the transformation of one body part to another.
- (archaic) Usage of similitude in rhetoric; drawing a conclusion from similarity of two objects of study.
- 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:
- Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; / Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate: / For though the thesis which thou lay'st / Be true, ad amussim, as thou say'st; / For that bear-baiting should appear, / Jure divino, lawfuller / Than synods are, thou dost deny / Totidem verbis; so do I: / Yet there's a fallacy in this; / For if by sly homœosis, / Thou wouldst sophistically imply / Both are unlawful, I deny.