ホモ

prefix

homo-; same; similar

Prefix-like use in learned or technical compounds, contrasting with ヘテロ. It does not usually stand alone in this meaning.

See also: ヘテロ

• 授じゅ業ぎょうでホモ接せつ合ごうとヘテロ接せつ合ごうの違ちがいを習ならった。

  In class, we learned the difference between homozygous and heterozygous pairing.

noun

homo; gay man; male homosexual

Abbreviation of ホモセクシュアル. In Japanese this is often derogatory or offensive when used of a person; ゲイ or 同性愛者 is usually safer and more respectful.

See also: ホモセクシュアル

• 人ひとを「ホモ」と呼よぶのは差さ別べつ的てきに響ひびくことが多おおい。

  Calling someone “homo” often sounds discriminatory.

noun

homozygote; homozygous

Genetics abbreviation related to ホモ接合体 and ホモ接合. It can refer to a homozygote or modify a following noun as in ホモの遺伝子型.

See also: ホモ接合体

• 教きょう科か書しょでは、AAを優ゆう性せいホモ、aaを劣れっ性せいホモと呼よんでいる。

  The textbook calls AA a dominant homozygote and aa a recessive homozygote.

noun

homogenization

Limited abbreviation of ホモジナイズ, used in technical or industry contexts such as food processing. This use is not the ordinary everyday meaning of ホモ.

See also: ホモジナイズ

• 乳にゅう業ぎょうの文ぶん脈みゃくでは、「ホモ」がホモジナイズ、つまり均きん質しつ化かの略りゃくとして使つかわれることがある。

  In dairy-industry contexts, ホモ is sometimes used as an abbreviation for homogenization.