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☆ morphal·laxis (môr′fə lak′sis)
noun pl. morphallaxes -·lax′es (-sēz)
Zool. the transformation of one part into another during regeneration, as in the growth of an antennule from the stump of an eye in some crustaceans
Etymology: ModL < Gr morphē, form + allaxis, an exchange < allassein, to change, exchange < allos, other: see else
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