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Vinony

orthology

noun

  1. study of the right use of words in language
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From ortho- + -logy.

  1. Correct speaking or the correct use of words.
  2. Homologous sequences descended from the same ancestral sequence for which function of the gene or sequence has been conserved across evolutionary time.