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metaplasm Definition

meta·plasm (metə plaz′əm)

noun

  1. Etymology: meta- + -plasm

    that part of the contents of a cell which consists of lifeless matter, as certain fatty or starch granules
  2. Etymology: L metaplasmus, an irregularity < Gr metaplasmes, formation of cases of nouns from a missing nom. < meta, over (see meta-) + plassein, to form (see plastic)

    a change in a linguistic form made by the addition, omission, or transposition of a sound or sounds or a syllable or syllables

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