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n. Chemistry See polymorphism.

n. Biology The occurrence of two or more structural forms during a life cycle, especially of certain plants.

n. the occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism

n. polymorphism

n. The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.

n. The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.

n. Same as polymorphism.

n. Same as pleiomorphism.

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

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

"However, the whole concept of "pleomorphism," although seeming plausible for a while in the late 19th century based on the limited knowledge of microbiology then, was long ago discredited, as"

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