homorganic

[ hoh-mawr-gan-ik, hom-awr- ]

adjectivePhonetics.
  1. (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.

Origin of homorganic

1
First recorded in 1850–55; hom(o)- + organic

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British Dictionary definitions for homorganic

homorganic

/ (ˌhəʊmɔːˈɡænɪk, ˌhɒm-) /


adjective
  1. phonetics (of a consonant) articulated at the same point in the vocal tract as a consonant in a different class. Thus (ŋ) is the homorganic nasal of k

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