hem·i·me·tab·o·lism 
(hĕm′ē-mə-tăbə-lĭz′əm)
(hĕm′ē-mə-tăbə-lĭz′əm)n.
See incomplete metamorphosis.
[From New Latin Hēmimetabola, former taxonomic group comprising the insects that undergo incomplete metamorphosis : Greek hēmi-, hemi- + metabolos, changeable (from metaballein, to change; see METABOLISM).]
hem′i·met′a·bolic (-mĕt′əbôlĭk), hem′i·me·tabo·lous (-ə-ləs) adj.