METAMORPHOSIS

metamorphosis

(noun) a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

transfiguration, metamorphosis

(noun) a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances; “the metamorphosis of the old house into something new and exciting”

metamorphosis, metabolism

(noun) the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

metamorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural metamorphoses)

A transformation, such as one performed by magic.

A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.

(biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)

(pathology) A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.

Source: Wiktionary

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Met`a*mor"pho*sis, n.; pl. Metamorphoses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

1. Change of form, or structure; transformation.

2. (Biol.)

Definition: A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation.

3. (Physiol.)

Definition: The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism. Vegetable metamorphosis (Bot.), the doctrine that flowers are homologous with leaf buds, and that the floral organs are transformed leaves.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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