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metaplast

metaplast noun: a noun having its declension altered by changing its stem.

Noun

metaplast (plural metaplasts)

  1. (Ancient-Greek) A noun having its declension altered by changing its stem.

Forms of metaplast

pluralmetaplasts

Origin of metaplast

See metaplasm.

Questions about metaplast

What does metaplast mean?
Metaplast means a noun having its declension altered by changing its stem.
What part of speech is metaplast?
Metaplast is a noun.
What is the plural of metaplast?
The plural of metaplast is metaplasts.

Words near metaplast in the dictionary

  1. metaplasic
  2. metaplasis
  3. metaplasm
  4. metaplasmic
  5. metaplasms
  6. metaplast
  7. metaplastic
  8. metaplastic carcinoma
  9. metaplastic carcinomas
  10. metaplastically
  11. metaplasticity

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