metamorphosis

1. (countable, uncountable)A transformation, such as one performed by magic.

   Verwandlung, Metamorphose

   превраще́ниеprevraščénije, метаморфо́заmetamorfóza

2. (countable, uncountable)A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.

   Metamorphose

   метаморфо́заmetamorfóza

   a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances

3. (countable, uncountable)A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog).

   Metamorphose

   метаморфо́заmetamorfóza

4. (countable, uncountable)A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.

   метаморфо́заmetamorfóza

1. Since you met your new girlfriend, you've undergone a metamorphosis.

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2. She's undergone a metamorphosis from a quiet, bookish girl to an outspoken feminist activist.

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3. Butterflies undergo metamorphosis.

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4. I read the article "Amerindian Sociocosmologies of Northwestern South America: Some Reflections on the Dead, Metamorphosis, and Religious Specialists."

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