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单词 metaplastology
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metaplastologyn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: metaplastic adj., -ology comb. form.
Etymology: < metaplast- (in metaplastic adj.; compare sense 2 at that entry) + -ology comb. form. Compare metaplasis n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (metăplæstǫ·lodʒi) /mɛtəplæˈstɒlɒdʒɪ/.
Biology. Obsolete. rare.
Haeckel's name for: the comparison of the physiology of a mature organism to that of the (presumably) most perfectly developed organisms of its phylogenetic group.
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1888 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 23 405 Haeckel also used the term Anaplastology for the physiological relations of the stages of progressive growth and those of the epacme of groups, Metaplastology for those of the adult and the acme of groups, and Cataplastology for those of the senile stages and the paracme of groups.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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