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Polymorphism   Listen
noun
Polymorphism  n.  
1.
(Crystallog.) Same as Pleomorphism.
2.
(Biol.)
(a)
The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form.
(b)
Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.





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Words linked to "Polymorphism" :   chemical phenomenon, biological science, genetic science, chemistry, pleomorphism, chemical science, organic phenomenon, polymorphous, polymorphic, single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP, dimorphism, biology


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