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histometabasis
histometabasis n. 
/ˌhɪstə(ʊ)mɛˈtabəsɪs/,
Brit. /ˌhɪstə(ʊ)mᵻˈtabəsɪs/
, /ˌhɪstə(ʊ)mᵻˈtabəsɪs//ˌhɪstə(ʊ)mɛˈtabəsɪs/U.S. /ˌhɪstoʊməˈtæbəsəs/
Palaeontology (now historical and rare) a state of fossilization in which fine details of the tissues are preserved; permineralization retaining cellular or tissue structure./ˌhɪstoʊməˈtæbəsəs/ΘΚΠ
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fossilization1817
fossilification1835
fossilizing1844
fossilation1861
histometabasis1893
1893 C. A. White in U.S. Nat. Mus. Ann. Rep. 1892 264 The term histometabasis is applied to that condition of fossilization in which an exchange of the original substance for another has occurred in such a manner as to retain or reproduce the minute and even the microscopic texture of the original.
1917 R. S. Lull Org. Evol. xxv. 412 The resultant fossil retains..not only the external form but the histologic characters (histometabasis..) of the original structure as well.
1975 Rev. Palaeobot. & Palynol. 20 29 The illusion has been perpetuated by disciples of Charles A. White..who coined the term ‘histometabasis’.
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