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metaplasm
[ met-uh-plaz-uhm ]
noun
- Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- Grammar.
- a change in the structure of a word or sentence made by adding, removing, or transposing the sounds or words of which it is composed or the letters that represent them.
- the formation of oblique cases from a stem other than that of the nominative.
metaplasm
/ ˈɛəˌæə /
noun
- the nonliving constituents, such as starch and pigment granules, of the cytoplasm of a cell
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Derived Forms
- ˌٲˈ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms
- a·m adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of metaplasm1
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Example Sentences
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The pupil went through all the routine of metaplasm, schematism, and figures of speech; but this was only the groundwork.
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We find in it the datives ἀγώνοις, ἐντυγχανόντοις, and therefore the same metaplasm of declination as among the Ætolians, to whom the grammarians attribute such forms as γερόντοις, παθημάτοις.
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Metaplasm: secondary or differentiated plasm.
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Metaplasm: secondary or differentiated plasm.
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