"metaplasm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: metaplasms [plural]
Etymology: From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|metaplasmus}} Latin metaplasmus, {{der|en|grc|μεταπλασμός}} Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós) Head templates: {{en-noun}} metaplasm (plural metaplasms)
  1. (linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds): μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), métaplasme (French), metaplasmus (Latin), metaplasme [masculine] (Occitan), metaplasmo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-metaplasm-en-noun-zlC~zL6Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds': 89 11
  2. (biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: small particle within a cell): metaplasma (Finnish), lakdawkaphay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-metaplasm-en-noun-1yumDgPv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: small particle within a cell': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: clipping [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]
Hyponyms: prothesis [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], epenthesis [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], paragoge [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], diaeresis [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], diastole [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], aphaeresis [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], syncope [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], apocope [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], ellipsis [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], ecthlipsis [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], synaloepha [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], synizesis [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], synaeresis [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], systole [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], metathesis [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], antisthecon [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]

Inflected forms

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