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Metathesis   Listen
noun
Metathesis  n.  (pl. metatheses)  
1.
(Gram.) Transposition, as of the letters or syllables of a word; as, pistris for pristis; meagre for meager.
2.
(Med.) A mere change in place of a morbid substance, without removal from the body.
3.
(Chem.) 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.





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