homorganic

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

adjective Phonetics.

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

Origin of homorganic

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

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British Dictionary definitions for homorganic

homorganic

adjective

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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Medicine definitions for homorganic

homorganic

[hŏm′ôr-găn′ĭk, hō′môr-]

adj.

Produced by the same organ.

Produced by homologous organs.