meta-

meta- or met-

pref.

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.

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meta-,

1 prefix meaning "change or exchange": metabasis, metallaxis, metamorphosis.

2 prefix meaning "after or next": metachemical, metapneumonic, metapsychics.

3 prefix meaning "the 1, 3 position in derivative of benzine": metacetone, metachloridine, metacresol.

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meta-

word element. [Gr.]

1. change, transformation, exchange.

2. after, next.

3. the 1,3-position in derivatives of benzene.