Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
A change or mutation of disease, symptoms, or treatment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Insects that metamorphose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural, plural, plural-only
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
insects that undergo complete metamorphosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: holometabola
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insect
History
From Ancient Greek μεταβολή (metabolḗ, “change”); μετά (metá, “beyond”) + βολέω (boléō, “throw”).
