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‖ metensomatosis|ˌmɛtɛnsəʊməˈtəʊsɪs| Also 7 metempsomatosis. [mod.L., a. Gr. µετενσωµάτωσις (Clement of Alexandria), f. µετα- (denoting change) + ἐνσωµάτωσις (f. ἐν in + σωµατ-, σῶµα body): see -osis.] a. Re-embodiment (of the soul). b. ‘The transference of the elements of one body into another body and their conversion into its substance, as by decomposition and assimilation’ (Ogilvie 1882).
1630Lord Banians 51 Plato and Pythagoras that haue name for defending this Metempsychosis or Metempsomatosis. 1865Farrar Chap. Lang. iv. 50 Man's body..is composed of the very same materials..which constitute the inorganic world..and which may serve in endless metensomatosis for we know not what organisms yet to come. 1890Contemp. Rev. LVII. 262 The leading doctrine of Buddhism is the theory of metensomatosis. |