释义 |
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•a•plasm (met′ə plaz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - Cell Biologythe nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- Grammar
- a change in the structure of a word or sentence made by adding, removing, or transposing the sounds or words of which it is composed or the letters that represent them.
- the formation of oblique cases from a stem other than that of the nominative.
- Greek metaplasmós reforming, remodeling, derivative of metaplássein to mould differently, remodel. See meta-, -plasm
- Latin
- late Middle English metaplasmus grammatical change, irregularity 1375–1425
met′a•plas′mic, adj. |