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Meaning of "metaplasm" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF METAPLASM

metaplasm  [ˈmɛtəˌplæzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF METAPLASM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Metaplasm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES METAPLASM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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.

Definition of metaplasm in the English dictionary

The definition of metaplasm in the dictionary is the nonliving constituents, such as starch and pigment granules, of the cytoplasm of a cell.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH METAPLASM


alloplasm
ˈæləˌplæzəm
archiplasm
ˈɑːkɪˌplæzəm
archoplasm
ˈɑːkəˌplæzəm
axoplasm
ˈæksəʊˌplæzəm
bioplasm
ˈbaɪəʊˌplæzəm
cataplasm
ˈkætəˌplæzəm
cytoplasm
ˈsaɪtəʊˌplæzəm
deuteroplasm
ˈdjuːtərəʊˌplæzəm
ectoplasm
ˈɛktəʊˌplæzəm
endoplasm
ˈɛndəʊˌplæzəm
hyaloplasm
ˈhaɪələʊˌplæzəm
idioplasm
ˈɪdɪəʊˌplæzəm
neoplasm
ˈniːəʊˌplæzəm
neuroplasm
ˈnjʊərəˌplæzəm
nucleoplasm
ˈnjuːklɪəˌplæzəm
periplasm
ˈperɪˌplæzəm
protoplasm
ˈprəʊtəˌplæzəm
sarcoplasm
ˈsɑːkəʊˌplæzəm
somatoplasm
ˈsəʊmətəˌplæzəm
trophoplasm
ˈtrɒfəˌplæzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE METAPLASM

metaphrastically
metaphysic
metaphysical
metaphysically
metaphysician
metaphysicise
metaphysicist
metaphysicize
metaphysics
metaplases
metaplasia
metaplasis
metaplasmic
metaplastic
metapolitical
metapolitics
metapsychic
metapsychical
metapsychological
metapsychology

WORDS THAT END LIKE METAPLASM

blepharospasm
bronchospasm
cataclasm
chasm
chiasm
deutoplasm
enthusiasm
ergastoplasm
exoplasm
fantasm
germ plasm
iconoclasm
karyoplasm
orgasm
phantasm
plasm
sarcasm
spasm
vasospasm
wasm

Synonyms and antonyms of metaplasm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «metaplasm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF METAPLASM

Find out the translation of metaplasm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of metaplasm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «metaplasm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

metaplasm
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

metaplasma
570 millions of speakers

English

metaplasm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

metaplasm
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

metaplasm
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

metaplasm
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

metaplasm
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

metaplasm
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métaplasme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Metaplasma
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Metaplasma
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

metaplasm
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

metaplasm
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Metaplasm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

metaplasm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனுமுதலுரு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेटाप्लाझ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

metaplazma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

metaplasm
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

metaplasm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

metaplasm
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

metaplasm
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

metaplasm
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

metaplasm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

metaplasm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

metaplasm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of metaplasm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «METAPLASM»

The term «metaplasm» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.242 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «METAPLASM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about metaplasm

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «METAPLASM»

Discover the use of metaplasm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to metaplasm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Latin Third Declension: A Study in Metaplasm and ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Henry Farrar Linscott, 2012
2
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition: Communication from ...
Metaplasm is the general name given for orthographic figures, figures which change the spelling (or sound) of a word without changing its meaning. Such changes are common, for in-stance, in the permutations to which first names are  ...
Theresa Enos, 2013
3
Humans and Other Animals in Eighteenth-century British ...
And, not surprisingly, metaplasm is the defining trope that Haraway explicitly identifies behind her work: My favorite trope for dog tales is "metaplasm." Metaplasm means a change in a word, for example, by adding, omitting, inverting , ...
Frank Palmeri, 2006
4
Cosmology
The only recognizable non-colloidal substances in cells are called metaplasm. If the cell is killed, i.e., the life-giving source withdraws from the structure, the whole colloidal content of the cell reverts to metaplasm. In our lesson on ethereal ...
Vitvan, 1950
5
Broken English: Dialects and the Politics of Language in ...
Some forms of metaplasm, it seems, are better than others. After providing a few examples of the idioms characteristic of southern, northern, eastern, and western varieties of English, he states that “of all writers, only poets are permitted to use ...
Paula Blank, 2002
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Dictionary of Rhetorical Terms
Example: When “New Orleans” is pronounced “Nawlins” Study Summary: Synaeresis is the creation of a diphthong and is a kind of Metaplasm. (See Metaplasm) The opposite is done by the figure Diaeresis. Like all other Metaplasms, ...
Gregory T. Howard, 2010
7
Parrots and Nightingales: Troubadour Quotations and the ...
132.3 1 Incipit 209—17 Game'm Faldltl 9—18 2nd example ofepenthesis 7 Folquetde Marselha 155.10 1 Incipit 236—42 28—34 Metaplasm: syncope ( removal ofa syllable from the middle ofaword) 8 Raimon de Miraval 406.31 1 Incipit ...
Sarah Kay, 2013
8
The Return of Theory in Early Modern English Studies: ...
My favorite trope for dog tales is 'metaplasm.' Metaplasm means a change in a word, for example adding, omitting, inverting, or transposing its letters, syllables, or sounds. The term is from the Greek metaplasmos, meaning remodeling or ...
Paul Cefalu, Bryan Reynolds, 2011
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Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: A History of Rhetorical Theory ...
Isidore defines a metaplasm as a "transformation of a word on account of metrical necessity or poetic license." He uses the 14 types listed by Donatus, but he goes on to note that the metaplasm — like the "scheme" — is part way between a ...
James Jerome Murphy, 1981
10
Criticism and Dissent in the Middle Ages
(from its first word), barbarism and solecism (poetic metaplasm and schema) are treated first, before all the other figures. This order becomes standard for the later Middle Ages. Indeed, all tropology is seen through a lens provided by these ...
Rita Copeland, 1996

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