Medical Dictionary

1homo

noun ho·mo \ˈhō-(ˌ)mō\

Medical Definition of HOMO

1
capitalized :  a genus of primate mammals of the family Hominidae that includes modern humans (H. sapiens) and several extinct related species (as H. erectus)
2
plural homos :  any primate mammal of the genus Homo
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