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metamorphosis
[ met-uh-mawr-fuh-sis ]
noun
- Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
Antonyms: stasis
- a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation by magic or witchcraft.
Synonyms: transmutation, mutation
Antonyms: stasis
- any complete change in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.
- a form resulting from any such change.
- Pathology.
- a type of alteration or degeneration in which tissues are changed:
fatty metamorphosis of the liver.
- the resultant form.
- Botany. the structural or functional modification of a plant organ or structure during its development.
metamorphosis
/ ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs /
noun
- a complete change of physical form or substance
- a complete change of character, appearance, etc
- a person or thing that has undergone metamorphosis
- zoology the rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in certain animals, for example the stage between tadpole and frog or between chrysalis and butterfly
metamorphosis
/ mĕt′ə-môr′fə-sĭs /
- Dramatic change in the form and often the habits of an animal during its development after birth or hatching. The transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and of a tadpole into an adult frog are examples of metamorphosis. The young of such animals are called larvae.
metamorphosis
- A change in an animal as it grows, particularly a radical change, such as the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly.
Other Words From
- nonmet·a·morpho·sis noun plural nonmetamorphoses
Word History and Origins
Origin of metamorphosis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of metamorphosis1
Example Sentences
To some degree, the memoir pulls off these linguistic metamorphoses by virtue of its overarching themes of earthquakes and jazz, suggesting that these nonlinear, improvisational models are the only way to tell her story.
I think the idea of her metamorphosis, from someone mundane and looked over to someone powerful and FABULOUS, was incredibly empowering for me.
The catalyst for that metamorphosis was a decision by Deng Xiaoping, then China’s “paramount leader,” to create a capitalist enclave in communist China and open it to foreign investment, global trade, and Western technology.
In just eleven months, the Top Ten underwent an extraordinary metamorphosis.
Like all sea squirts, it has a tiny brain and nerve cord, but unlike the others, Oikopleura doesn’t undergo a metamorphosis on its way to maturity.
Metamorphosis is running at Lincoln Center, 63rd Street and 9th Avenue, until January 11, 2015.
He wanted a model to be able to produce his metamorphosis, which is why he showed her in so many different ways.
The boards had gotten shorter and surfing was going through a big metamorphosis.
Paris was in a state of magical metamorphosis between the World Wars.
Here was this person who was having a renaissance or a metamorphosis and seemed really joyous.
But, sooner than the moral metamorphosis, a physical metamorphosis came about in Marguerite.
This inner sensation struck me even more forcibly than the metamorphosis of Nature spread out before me.
Metamorphosis Sexualis Paranoica species insaniae est in qua patiens imaginat sexum suum mutatum esse.
Perhaps never was metamorphosis more complete than that which now took place.
Its prolonged administration does not give rise to destructive blood metamorphosis.
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