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  1. metaplasmnoun

    Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds

  2. metaplasmnoun

    A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Metaplasmnoun

    A figure in rhetorick, wherein words or letters are transposed contrary to their natural order. Dict.

    Etymology: μεταπλασμὸς.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Metaplasmnoun

    a change in the letters or syllables of a word

  2. Etymology: [L. metaplasmus, Gr. ; beyond, over + to mold: cf. F. mtaplasme.]

Wikidata

  1. Metaplasm

    A metaplasm is a change in the orthography of a word. Originally it referred to techniques used in Ancient Greek and Latin poetry, or processes in those languages' grammar.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of metaplasm in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of metaplasm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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