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‖ metaplasis Biol.|mɛˈtæpləsɪs|
[mod.L., after G. metaplase (Haeckel 1866), a. Gr. µετάπλασις, n. of action f. µεταπλάσσειν: see prec.]
Haeckel's term for the middle or adult period of ontogenetic development: correlated with anaplasis and cataplasis.
1888Hyatt in Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. XXIII. 405. |