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MORPHALLAXIS
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Irregular inflected form: morphallaxes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Regeneration on a reduced scale of a body part; observed especially in invertebrates such as certain lobsters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("morphallaxis" is a kind of...):
regeneration ((biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs)