metaplasm

(metə plaz′əm)

noun

  1. Origin: meta- + -plasm

    that part of the contents of a cell which consists of lifeless matter, as certain fatty or starch granules
  2. Origin: 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

Related Forms:

See metaplasm in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Alteration of a word by the addition, omission, or transposition of sounds or syllables or the letters that represent them.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English metaplasmus

Origin: , from Latin

Origin: , from Greek metaplasmos, remodeling

Origin: , from metaplassein, to remold

Origin: : meta-, meta-

Origin: + plassein, to mold; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • metˌa·plasˈtic (-plăsˈtĭk), metˌa·plasˈmic (-plăzˈmĭk) adjective

noun
Nonliving material in the protoplasm of a cell, such as pigment granules or nutritive substances.

Origin:

Origin: meta-

Origin: + -plasm

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Related Forms:

  • metˌa·plasˈmic (-plăzˈmĭk) adjective

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