Metaplasm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metaplasm \Met"a*plasm\, n. [L. metaplasmus, Gr. ?; ? beyond,
     over + ? to mold: cf. F. m['e]taplasme.] (Gram.)
     A change in the letters or syllables of a word.
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