Homeosis

Alternative forms

• homoeosis
• homÅ“osis
• homoiosis

Noun

1. (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.
2. (archaic) Usage of similitude in rhetoric; drawing a conclusion from similarity of two objects of study.
• 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 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.