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Webster 1913 Edition

Metensomatosis

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Metˊen-soˊma-to′sis

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Noun.

[L., a change of body (by the soul), fr. Gr. [GREEK].]

(Biol.)

The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.

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metensomatosis

metensomatosis

English

Noun

metensomatosis ‎(countable and uncountable, plural metensomatoses)

(biology) The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.