metamorphosis

Etymology
First attested in 1533, from, from , from +. Analyzable as

Noun

 * 1) A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
 * 2) A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.
 * 3)  A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)
 * 4)  A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
 * 1) A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.
 * 2)  A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)
 * 3)  A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.
 * 1)  A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue.

Translations

 * Arabic: مَسْخ
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 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: metamorfose
 * Esperanto: metamorfozo
 * Finnish:
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 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μεταμόρφωσις
 * Hungarian: ,
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 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: បំរែរូប
 * Korean: ,
 * Malay: metamorfosis
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: metamorfose
 * Nynorsk: metamorfose
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 * Polish: ,
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 * Serbo-Croatian:
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 * Swahili: metamofosi
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Uyghur: شەكىل ئۆزگەرتىش
 * Vietnamese: ( 變態),  ( 變形)


 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Malay: metamorfosis
 * Portuguese:, , , , , transmutação
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:


 * Arabic: مَسْخ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: कायांतरण
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ,
 * Malay: metamorfosis
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: metamorfose
 * Nynorsk: metamorfose
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: metamofosi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: banyuhay
 * Telugu: రూపభేదము
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: ( + 變態)


 * Finnish:
 * Malay: metamorfosis
 * Portuguese: alomorfia
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Turkish: ,