Metaplasm is a rhetorical term for any alteration in the form of a word, in particular, the addition, subtraction, or substitution of letters or sounds. The adjective is metaplasmic. It's also known as metaplasmus or effective misspelling .

What does metaplasm mean?

1 [Latin metaplasmus, literally, transformation, from Greek metaplasmos, from metaplassein to remold, from meta- + plassein to mold] : alteration of regular verbal, grammatical, or rhetorical structure usually by transposition of the letters or syllables of a word or of the words in a sentence.

What is Meta Plast in biology?

Metaplasm meaning

That part of the contents of a cell which consists of lifeless matter, as certain fatty or starch granules. ... (biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell.