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hypermetamorphoses

hypermetamorphoses is the plural of hypermetamorphosis.

Meaning of hypermetamorphosis

Noun

hypermetamorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypermetamorphoses)

  1. A kind of complete metamorphosis in which the different larval instars represent two or more different forms of larva.
  2. A neurobehavioral disorder that involves patients grabbing objects in view and starting the appropriate behavior associated with it at an inappropriate time.
    • The features of Kluver-Bucy syndrome include visual agnosia, hypermetamorphosis (distortion of objects), hypersexuality, language disorder and aphasia, hyperorality, placidity, flat affect, and memory dysfunction.1995, J Millichap, “Kluver-Bucy Syndrome Following Heat Stroke”, in Pediatric Neurolog Briefs
    Synonyms:
    utilization behavior

Questions about hypermetamorphoses

What is hypermetamorphoses the plural of?
Hypermetamorphoses is the plural of hypermetamorphosis.

Words near hypermetamorphoses in the dictionary

  1. hypermetabolic
  2. hypermetabolism
  3. hypermetabolisms
  4. hypermetamorphic
  5. hypermetamorphism
  6. hypermetamorphoses
  7. hypermetamorphosis
  8. hypermetamorphotic
  9. hypermetaphoric
  10. hypermetaphorical
  11. hypermetaphysical

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