CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
BIO MOLECULES
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Detailed explanation-1: -homo-A prefix meaning “same, ” as in homogamous, having the same kind of flower.
Detailed explanation-2: -Homo is a Latin word that means man, or human. When it is used as a prefix, as in “homosexual, ” it comes from the Greek word homos, meaning the same. It is from the word “homosexual” that the noun homo is shortened and takes its second meaning-a derogatory term for a homosexual or gay man.
Detailed explanation-3: -The word root ‘homo’ comes from the Greek word homos, which means ‘Same’. For instance, the word homogeneous means of the same kind. Similarly, homophobe means someone who has a prejudice or hatred for a homosexual person.
Detailed explanation-4: -Homo can mean two things in biology, the Greek meaning (same) is used in genetics for words like homozygous, while the Latin meaning (man) is used in the binomial naming of species such as Homo sapiens (wise man). Here homo means the same and hetero simply means different.
Detailed explanation-5: -Britannica Dictionary definition of HOMO. [count] slang, offensive. : a gay person.