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metaplasis
metaplasis (mɛˈtæpləsɪs) n (Biology) obsolete the second of three stages of ontogenetic development proposed by Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, in which the development of the individual is completemetaplasis
me·tap·la·sis (mĕ-tap'lă-sis), 1. The stage of completed growth or development of the individual. 2. Synonym(s): metaplasia [G. a transformation] metaplasis (1) Metaplasia.
(2) A term of waning use for a state of completed growth. |