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Noun: pleomorphism  `plee-u'mor-fi-zum
  1. (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound
    - polymorphism
     
  2. (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms

Derived forms: pleomorphisms

See also: pleomorphic

Type of: chemical phenomenon, organic phenomenon

Encyclopedia: Pleomorphism

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