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Dimorphism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Dimorphism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms

2

(biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)

3

The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
polymorphism
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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