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Definition of "metaplasm" [met•a•plasm]

  • Alteration of a word by the addition, omission, or transposition of sounds or syllables or the letters that represent them. (noun)
  • Nonliving material in the protoplasm of a cell, such as pigment granules or nutritive substances. (noun)

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