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Pleomorphism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms wordnet
  3. 3
    Synonym of polymorphism. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound wordnet

Etymology

From pleo- (“full, many”) + -morphism.

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