- a species of animal or plant that exhibits polymorphism
- any of the crystalline forms of a chemical compound that exhibits polymorphism
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pol•y•morph
(pol′ē môrf′),USA pronunciation n.
pol′y•mor′phic, adj.
- Biology, Developmental Biologyan organism having more than one adult form, as the different castes in social ants.
- Crystallographyany of the crystal forms assumed by a substance that exhibits polymorphism.
- [Anat.]granulocyte.
- Greek polýmorphos; see poly-, -morph
- 1820–30
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polymorph /ˈpɒlɪˌmɔːf/ n
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