Metaplasm Definition

mĕtə-plăzəm
noun
That part of the contents of a cell which consists of lifeless matter, as certain fatty or starch granules.
Webster's New World
A change in a linguistic form made by the addition, omission, or transposition of a sound or sounds or a syllable or syllables.
Webster's New World

(biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell.

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Other Word Forms of Metaplasm

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Singular:
metaplasm
Plural:
metaplasms

Origin of Metaplasm

  • Middle English metaplasmus from Latin from Greek metaplasmos remodeling from metaplassein to remold meta- meta- plassein to mold pelə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • meta– –plasm

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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