homorganic

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

ho·mor·gan·ic

[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:
1850–55; hom(o)- + organic
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Homorganic is always a great word to know.
So is weaken. Does it mean:
to change a speech sound to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative
a plosive consonant whose occlusion and release are accomplished chiefly at the glottis
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homorganic (ˌhəʊmɔːˈɡænɪk, ˌhɒm-)
 
adj
phonetics (of a consonant) articulated at the same point in the vocal tract as a consonant in a different class. Thus () is the homorganic nasal of k

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homorganic hom·or·gan·ic (hŏm'ôr-gān'ĭk, hō'môr-)
adj.

  1. Produced by the same organ.

  2. Produced by homologous organs.

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