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meta- or met-
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1. Later in time: metestrus.
2. At a later stage of development: metanephros.
3. Situated behind: metacarpus.
4. Change; transformation: metachromatism.
5. Alternation: metagenesis.
6. Beyond; transcending; more comprehensive: metapsychology.
7. At a higher state of development: metazoan.
8. Having undergone metamorphosis: metamyelocyte.
9. Derivative or related chemical substance: metaprotein.
10. Abbr. m- Of or relating to one of three possible isomers of a benzene ring with two attached chemical groups, in which the carbon atoms with attached groups are separated by one unsubstituted carbon atom. Usually used in italic: meta-dibromobenzene.
meta-
word element. [Gr.]
1. change, transformation, exchange.
2. after, next.
3. the 1,3-position in derivatives of benzene.
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