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Metathesis :: Metathesis (n.) Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager..

Metathesis :: Metathesis (n.) The act, process, or result of exchange, substitution, or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a metal or base, and forms a salt..

Metathesis :: Metathesis (n.) A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body..

Metalepsy :: Metalepsy (n.) Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis.

Substitutional :: Substitution (n.) The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metethesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis..

Metathetical :: Metathetical (a.) Of or pertaining to metathesis.

Met- :: Met- () A prefix meaning between, with, after, behind, over, about, reversely; as, metachronism, the error of placing after the correct time; metaphor, lit., a carrying over; metathesis, a placing reversely..

Antimetathesis :: Antimetathesis (n.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.

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