Definitions for metaplasm

metaplasm met·a·plasm

Spelling: [met-uh-plaz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈmɛt əˌplæz əm/

Metaplasm is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 421 anagrams from letters in metaplasm (aaelmmpst).

Definitions for metaplasm

noun

  1. Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
  2. Grammar. a change in the structure of a word or sentence made by adding, removing, or transposing the sounds or words of which it is composed or the letters that represent them. the formation of oblique cases from a stem other than that of the nominative.

Origin of metaplasm

1375-1425; late Middle English metaplasmus grammatical change, irregularity Latin Greek metaplasmós reforming, remodeling, derivative of metaplássein to mould differently, remodel. See