Meaning

2 senses
  1. (rhetoric)Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.

    Metaplasmus

    метапласмmetaplasm

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

Translations

6 languages
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Origin

From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).

From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).

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Forms

plural: metaplasms
Singularmetaplasm
Pluralmetaplasms

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedclipping

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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