morphallaxis

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Among other things, they share two peculiar properties: morphallaxis and biological immortality.

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  1. noun The regeneration of a body part by means of structural or cellular reorganization with only limited production of new cells, observed primarily in invertebrate organisms, such as certain lobsters.

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  • Their structure is composed of flexible, inert, non-organic duodecahedral fragments capable of directed rearrangement (morphallaxis). —  ISAAC ASIMOV'S
  • Among other things, they share two peculiar properties: morphallaxis and biological immortality. —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
 

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  1. New Latin : morph(o)- + Greek allaxis, exchange (from allassein, to exchange, from allos, other; see al-1 in Indo-European roots).

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  1. New Latin, from Greek μορφή, form, + ᾰλλαξις, exchange.
 

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