Part 7004

<h1>Metaplast</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met"a*plast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Metaplasm</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A word having more than one form of the root.</def>

<h1>Metapode</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met"a*pode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>metapodium</ets>, from Gr. <?/ behind + <?/, dim. of <?/, <?/, foot.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.</def>

<h1>Metapodial</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`a*po"di*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the metapodialia, or to the parts of the limbs to which they belong.</def>

<h1>Metapodiale</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`a*po`di*a"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Metapodialia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Metapode</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.</def>

<h1>Metapodium</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`a*po"di*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Metapodia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Metapode</er>.</def>

<h1>Metapophysis</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`a*poph"y*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Metapophyses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Meta-</er>, and <er>Apophysis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A tubercle projecting from the anterior articular processes of some vertebr&ae;; a mammillary process.</def>

<h1>Metapterygium</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Me*tap`te*ryg"i*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ after + <?/ fin.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The posterior of the three principal basal cartilages in the fins of fishes.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Me*tap`ter*yg"i*al</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Metasilicate</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`a*sil"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of metasilicic acid.</def>

<h1>Metasilicic</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`a*si*lic"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>meta-</ets> + <ets>silicic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Designating an acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water; of or pertaining to such an acid.</def>

<note>&hand; The salts of metasilicic acid are often called <i>bisilicates</i>, in mineralogy, as Wollastonite (<chform>CaSiO3</chform>).</note>

<cs><col>Metasilicic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a gelatinous substance, or white amorphous powder, analogous to carbonic acid, and forming many stable salts.</cd></cs>

<h1>Metasomatism</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`a*so"ma*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>meta-</ets> + Gr. <?/, <?/, body.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary <i>metamorphism</i>, as implying simply a recrystallization.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Met`a*so*mat"ic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Metasome</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met"a*some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>meta-</ets> + <ets>-some</ets> body.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the component segments of the body of an animal.</def>

<h1>Metastannate</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`a*stan"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of metastannic acid.</def>

<h1>Metastannic</h1> <Xpage=918>

<hw>Met`a*stan"nic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or designating, a compound of tin (metastannic acid), obtained, as an isomeric modification of stannic acid, in the form of a white amorphous substance.</def>