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metaplasm

[ met-uh-plaz-uhm ]

noun

  1. Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
  2. Grammar.
    1. 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.
    2. the formation of oblique cases from a stem other than that of the nominative.


metaplasm

/ ˈɛəˌæə /

noun

  1. the nonliving constituents, such as starch and pigment granules, of the cytoplasm of a cell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

1375–1425; late Middle English metaplasmus “grammatical change, irregularity” < Latin < Greek ٲó “reforming, remodeling,” derivative of ٲá𾱲 “to mold differently, remodel.” See meta-, -plasm
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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.

From

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.

From

Metaplasm: secondary or differentiated plasm.

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