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Homonymous — may refer to:* Homonym, a name or word with more than one distinct meaning * Homonymous hemianopsia, a type of partial blindness … Wikipedia
homonymous — 1620s, from L. homonymus, from Gk. homonymos having the same name (see HOMONYM (Cf. homonym)). Homonymy quality of being homonymous is from 1590s … Etymology dictionary
Homonymous — Ho*mon y*mous, a. [L. homonymus, Gr. ?; ? the same + ?, for ? name; akin to E. name.] 1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; opposed to heteronymous. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the same name or designation, but… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
homonymous — [hō män′i məs] adj. 1. of, or having the nature of, a homonym 2. having the same name homonymy [hō mänəmē] n … English World dictionary
homonymous — Having the same name or expressed in the same terms, e.g., the corresponding halves (right or left, superior or inferior) of the retinas. [G. h., of the same name, fr. onyma, name] * * * hom·on·y·mous hō män ə məs adj 1) affecting the same part… … Medical dictionary
homonymous — homonym ► NOUN ▪ each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins. DERIVATIVES homonymic adjective homonymous adjective homonymy noun. ORIGIN Greek hom numos having the same name , from homos… … English terms dictionary
Homonymous hemianopsia — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Paris as seen with left homonymous hemianopsia DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|H|53|4|h|53 ICD9 = ICD9|368.46 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Homonymous hemianopsia is a… … Wikipedia
homonymous — adjective Etymology: Latin homonymus having the same name, from Greek homōnymos, from hom + onyma, onoma name more at name Date: 1621 1. ambiguous 2. having the same designation 3. of, relating to, or being homonyms • homonymously adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
homonymous — adjective a) having the same name as another b) of or pertaining to a homonym … Wiktionary
homonymous — adj. of or pertaining to homonyms; alike in spelling and pronunciation but different in meaning (of homonyms); having the same name as another person; having the same name as something else; ambiguous, equivocal … English contemporary dictionary
