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PLEOMORPHISM

Dictionary entry overview: What does pleomorphism mean?

• PLEOMORPHISM (noun)
The noun PLEOMORPHISM has 2 senses:

1. (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
2. (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms

Familiarity information: PLEOMORPHISM used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PLEOMORPHISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

pleomorphism; polymorphism

Hypernyms ("pleomorphism" is a kind of...):

chemical phenomenon (any natural phenomenon involving chemistry (as changes to atoms or molecules))

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pleomorphism"):

dimorphism ((chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

(biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("pleomorphism" is a kind of...):

organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

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