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METENSOMATOSIS

\mˌiːtənsˌɒmɐtˈə͡ʊsɪs], \mˌiːtənsˌɒmɐtˈə‍ʊsɪs], \m_ˌiː_t_ə_n_s_ˌɒ_m_ɐ_t_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of METENSOMATOSIS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of another.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

met-en-s[=o]-ma-t[=o]'sis, n. transference of the elements of one body into another.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Transformation into or incorporation with another body. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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