John,
Your consultant was apparently more knowledgeable than mine. (01)
Re: adjective meaning "same sequence": (02)
> There is also the verb 'steicho', which means to march in a row.
> Two nouns were derived from that verb:
>
> 1. 'stichos', which has the specialized meanings of a row of
> soldiers or a line of verse.
>
> 2. 'stoichos', which is a more general word for row.
>
> The noun 'stoichos' is the more general and more productive term:
>
> 1. The derivative verb 'stoichizo' means to arrange things in a row.
>
> 2. Another derivative noun 'stoicheion' means one element in a row.
>
> 3. The chemists coined the term 'stoichiometry' for the
> quantitative measure of the elements in chemical compounds.
>
> Therefore, 'stoichos' would be a good choice for row or sequence.
> For an English adjective meaning 'having the same sequence', Cora
> suggested 'isostoichic'.
>
> John
> (03)
Now I will have to get in touch with some of my old molecular biology
colleagues and let them know of that useful word. (04)
Pat (05)
Patrick Cassidy
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