| ALPHOSIS | • alphosis n. (Medicine, obsolete) Albinism. • ALPHOSIS n. a lack of skin pigmentation. |
| KYPHOSIS | • kyphosis n. (Anatomy) The normal convex curvature of the spine in the thoracic and sacral regions. • kyphosis n. (Pathology) An abnormal convex curvature of the spine in the cervical or lumbar regions of the spine. • KYPHOSIS n. inward curvature of the spine. |
| GOMPHOSIS | • gomphosis n. (Anatomy) a type of fibrous, immovable joint such as the one between the teeth and the alveolar bone. • GOMPHOSIS n. the growth of teeth into the bone cavity. |
| MORPHOSIS | • morphosis n. (Biology) The way in which an organism (or an organ) changes form during development. • MORPHOSIS n. the order or mode of development of an organ or part. |
| ALPHOSISES | • ALPHOSIS n. a lack of skin pigmentation. |
| ANAMORPHOSIS | • anamorphosis n. A distorted image of an object that may be viewed correctly from a specific angle or with a specific mirror. • anamorphosis n. The use of this kind of image distortion. • anamorphosis n. (Biology) A form of limited metamorphosis in some arthropods. |
| EPIMORPHOSIS | • epimorphosis n. The regeneration of tissues or organs through the dedifferentiation of existing, differentiated adult tissues. • EPIMORPHOSIS n. a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching. |
| HOMOMORPHOSIS | • homomorphosis n. (Biology) Regeneration in which the new part is like the part removed; replacement of a lost part by a similar part. • HOMOMORPHOSIS n. regeneration of a lost part in the original form. |
| METAMORPHOSIS | • metamorphosis n. A transformation, such as one performed by magic. • metamorphosis n. A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition. • metamorphosis n. (Biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal… |
| PAEDOMORPHOSIS | • paedomorphosis n. Alternative form of pedomorphosis. • PAEDOMORPHOSIS n. retention in the adult of infantile or juvenile characters, also PAEDOMORPHISM. |
| THERIOMORPHOSIS | • THERIOMORPHOSIS n. transformation into a beast. |