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metaplasm
met·a·plasm 1 M0248700 (mĕt′ə-plăz′əm)n. Alteration of a word by the addition, omission, or transposition of sounds or syllables or the letters that represent them.
[Middle English metaplasmus, from Latin, from Greek metaplasmos, remodeling, from metaplassein, to remold : meta-, meta- + plassein, to mold; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
met′a·plas′tic (-plăs′tĭk), met′a·plas′mic (-plăz′mĭk) adj.
met·a·plasm 2 M0248700 (mĕt′ə-plăz′əm)n. Cellular materials such as pigment granules or starch grains that were formerly considered to be nonliving, in contrast to the protoplasm.
[meta- + -plasm.]
met′a·plas′mic (-plăz′mĭk) adj.metaplasm (ˈmɛtəˌplæzəm) n (Physiology) the nonliving constituents, such as starch and pigment granules, of the cytoplasm of a cell ˌmetaˈplasmic adjTranslationsmetaplasm
metaplasm[′med·ə‚plaz·əm] (cell and molecular biology) The ergastic substance of protoplasm. metaplasm
metaplasm (mĕt′ə-plăz′əm)n. Cellular materials such as pigment granules or starch grains that were formerly considered to be nonliving, in contrast to the protoplasm.
met′a·plas′mic (-plăz′mĭk) adj.metaplasm An obsolete, nonspecific term for any cytoplasmic inclusion.cell in·clu·sions (sel in-klū'zhŭnz) 1. The residual elements of the cytoplasm that are metabolic products of the cell (e.g., pigment granules or crystals).
Synonym(s): metaplasm. 2. Storage materials such as glycogen or fat. 3. Engulfed material such as carbon or other foreign substances.
See also: inclusion bodiesmetaplasm the lifeless constituents of protoplasm. |