hol·o·me·tab·o·lism 
(hŏl′ō-mə-tăbə-lĭz′əm, hō′lō-)
(hŏl′ō-mə-tăbə-lĭz′əm, hō′lō-)n.
See complete metamorphosis.
[From New Latin Holometabola, former taxonomic group comprising the insects that undergo complete metamorphosis : Greek holo-, holo- + metabolos, changeable (from metaballein, to change; see METABOLISM).]
hol′o·met′a·bolic (-mĕt′ə-bŏlĭk), hol′o·me·tabo·lous (-mə-tăbə-ləs) adj.