metamorphosis

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

metamorphoses

1.
(countable, uncountable)A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
Đồng nghĩa: development, transfiguration, transmutation, conversion, development, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transfigurement, transformation, transmogrification, transmutation, sea change
2.
(countable, uncountable)A noticeable change in character, appearance, function, or condition.
3.
(countable, uncountable)(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).
4.
(countable, uncountable)(pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.

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Đồng nghĩa

development transfiguration transmutation conversion transfigurement transformation transmogrificationsea change

Cùng gốc / liên quan

hemimetamorphosisholometamorphosismetamorphosic semimetamorphosisultrametamorphosishypermetamorphosisintermetamorphosismetamorphosistprometamorphosismetramorphosismetamorphic metamorphosemetamorphosizemetamorphism

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Nguồn gốc từ

First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις, from μετά (change) + μορφή (form). Analyzable as meta- + -morph + -osis