met|a|plasm

met|a|plasm
met|a|plasm «MEHT uh plaz uhm», noun.
1. carbohydrates, pigment, or other lifeless matter in the protoplasm of a cell.
2. Grammar. the alteration of a word by addition, removal, or transposition of sounds or letters.
[< Latin metaplasmus (rhetorical) transposition < Greek metaplasmós (grammatical) formation from a different stem < metaplássein transform < meta- over, changed + plássein mold]

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