HOMO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does homo mean? 

• HOMO (noun)
  The noun HOMO has 2 senses:

1. someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex

2. any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

  Familiarity information: HOMO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOMO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gay; homo; homophile; homosexual

Hypernyms ("homo" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homo"):

closet queen (a negative term for a homosexual man who chooses not to reveal his sexual orientation)

fag; faggot; fagot; fairy; nance; pansy; poof; poove; pouf; queen; queer (offensive term for a homosexual man)

gay woman; lesbian; tribade (a female homosexual)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

homo; human; human being; man

Hypernyms ("homo" is a kind of...):

hominid (a primate of the family Hominidae)

Meronyms (parts of "homo"):

body hair (short hair growing over a person's body)

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

hand; manus; mitt; paw (the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb)

arm (a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb)

foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)

loin; lumbus (either side of the backbone between the hipbone and the ribs in humans as well as quadrupeds)

human head (the head of a human being)

head of hair; mane (growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being)

anatomy; bod; build; chassis; figure; flesh; form; frame; human body; material body; physical body; physique; shape; soma (alternative names for the body of a human being)

Domain member category:

side (either the left or right half of a body)

prepubertal; prepubescent ((especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth)

syndactylism; syndactyly (birth defect in which there is partial or total webbing connecting two or more fingers or toes)

hyperdactyly; polydactyly (birth defect characterized by the presence of more than the normal number of fingers or toes)

schistosome dermatitis; swimmer's itch (a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes)

nutrition (the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans))

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homo"):

human beings; human race; humanity; humankind; humans; man; mankind; world (all of the living human inhabitants of the earth)

Homo erectus (extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature but small brain)

Homo soloensis (extinct primitive hominid of late Pleistocene; Java; formerly Javanthropus)

Homo habilis (extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics)

Homo sapiens (the only surviving hominid; species to which modern man belongs; bipedal primate having language and ability to make and use complex tools; brain volume at least 1400 cc)

Homo sapiens neanderthalensis; Neandertal; Neandertal man; Neanderthal; Neanderthal man (extinct robust human of Middle Paleolithic in Europe and western Asia)

Homo rhodesiensis; Rhodesian man (a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa)

Holonyms ("homo" is a member of...):

genus Homo (type genus of the family Hominidae)

 Context examples 

Variants of proto-oncogenes that are members of the MYC family of early response genes, which encode regulatory proteins that act as homo- or hetero-dimers.

(MYC-Family Oncogene, NCI Thesaurus)

HLHs typically mediate homo- or heterodimerization through interactions with self or other motifs to activate or inactivate trans-activating function.

(Helix-Loop-Helix Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

These proteins form homo and heterodimers, which complicates the assignment of specificities: it is known that erbB2 homodimer do not bind heregulin, but erbB2/erbB3 heterodimers do.

(Neuregulin Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

NFAT is a multi-subunit transcription complex that includes homo- or hetero-dimers of FOS and JUN proteins.

(NF-AT, NCI Thesaurus)

For instance, category could be 'species name', value could be 'homo sapiens' and ontology would be taxonomy database, NCBI.

(Ontology Entry, NCI Thesaurus)

ERBB2, ERBB3, and ERBB4 genes encode heregulin/neuregulin receptor tyrosine kinase homo- and heterodimers important in the control of cell proliferation and in the pathogenesis of human cancers.

(Oncogene ERB B, NCI Thesaurus)

A homo- or heterodimeric form of the glutathione S-transferase enzyme that is comprised of two mu family subunits.

(Glutathione S-Transferase Mu, NCI Thesaurus)

A homo- or heterodimeric form of the glutathione S-transferase enzyme that is comprised of two alpha family subunits.

(Glutathione S-Transferase Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)

A domain involved in homo- and hetero-oligomerization.

(DIX Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

These domains control the ability of these proteins to homo- and heterodimerize with other proteins.

(Bcl-2 Homology Domain, NCI Thesaurus)