Homeo-
1.
a combining form meaning “similar,” used in the formation of compound words:
homeostatic.
combining form
1.
like or similar: homeomorphism
word-forming element meaning “similar to,” Latinized from Greek homio-, from homoios “like, resembling, of the same kind,” related to or an expanded form of homos “one and the same,” from PIE *sem- “one, as one” (see same).
homeo- pref.
Like; similar: homeostasis.
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