Medical Dictionary

homogonic

adj ho·mo·gon·ic
\ˌhō-mə-ˈgän-ik, ˌhäm-ə-, -ˈgōn-\

Medical Definition of HOMOGONIC

:  being or characterized by a course of development in which one generation of parasites immediately succeeds another <a homogonic life cycle of a nematode worm>—compare heterogonic 2a

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