English-Thai Dictionary
pleomorphism
N การ มี หลาย รูปแบบ ของ สิ่งมีชีวิต ใน วงจรชีวิต
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PLEOMORPHISM
Ple `o *mor "phism, n. Etym: [Gr.
1. (Crystallog.)
Defn: The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pleomorphism
ple o mor phism |ˌplēəˈmôrˌfizəm ˌpliəˈmɔrfɪzəm | ▶noun the occurrence of more than one distinct form of a natural object, such as a crystalline substance, a virus, the cells in a tumor, or an organism at different stages of the life cycle. DERIVATIVES ple o mor phic |-fik |adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek pleiōn ‘more ’ + morphē ‘form ’ + -ism .
Oxford Dictionary
pleomorphism
pleomorphism |ˌpliːə (ʊ )ˈmɔːfɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the occurrence of more than one distinct form of a natural object, such as a crystalline substance, a virus, the cells in a tumour, or an organism at different stages of the life cycle. DERIVATIVES pleomorphic adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek pleiōn ‘more ’ + morphē ‘form ’ + -ism .
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