Metensomatosis

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

  Metensomatosis \Met`en*so`ma*to"sis\, n. [L., a change of body
     (by the soul), fr. Gr. ?.] (Biol.)
     The assimilation by one body or organism of the elements of
     another.
     [1913 Webster]