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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

met•a•so•ma•tism n. [Geol.]

Geologythe series of metamorphic processes whereby chemical changes occur in minerals or rocks as a result of the introduction of material, often in hot aqueous solutions, from external sources.
Geologyreplacement (def. 4).

Also, met•a•so•ma•to•sis

1885–90; meta- + somat- + -ism

met•a•so•mat•ic adj.

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