metaplasm

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metaplasm

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From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).

noun metaplasms

  1. rhetoric Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.
  2. A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell.

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noun linguistics: alteration of a word’s letters or sounds

Españolmetaplasmo
日本語語音変異
Portuguêsmetaplasmo, metaplasma
Françaismétaplasme
DeutschMetaplasmus
Ελληνικάμεταπλασμός metaplasmós
Русскийметапласм metaplasm
العربيةتغيير

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"metaplasm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/metaplasm. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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metaplasm. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/metaplasm

Chicago

"metaplasm." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/metaplasm.

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@misc{metaplasm_2026,
  title = {metaplasm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metaplasm},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}