Change Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Change Information and Meaning
- anabolism
- constructive metabolism.
- cainotophobia, cainophobia
- misoneism.
- catabolism
- 1. the metabolic process in which energy is liberated for use in work.
- 2. destructive metabolism.
- catalysis
- the process of an agent that affects a chemical or other reaction without being itself changed or affected. See also DECAYING. —catalyst, n.
- metabolism
- the chemical and physical processes in an organism by which protoplasm is produced, sustained, and then decomposed to make energy available. Also, Rare. metaboly. —metabolize, v.
- metamorphism
- change in form, structure, shape, appearance, etc. See also GEOLOGY. — metamorphic, adj.
- metamorphosis
- 1. change in form, structure, appearance, etc.
- 2. magical transformation. —metamorphic, metamorphous, adj.
- metaphysis
- a change of form or type.
- misoneism
- an abnormal dislike of novelty or innovation. Also called neophobia, cainotophobia, cainophobia.
- neophobia
- misoneism.
- physis
- 1. the principle or concept of growth and change in nature.
- 2. nature considered as the source of growth and change.
- 3. something that grows or develops.
- transmogrification
- the process of complete and usually extreme or grotesque change from one state or form to another.
- transmutation
- the process or act of change, especially from one thing to another, as the change from base metal to gold, pursued by the alchemists. —transmutationist, n. —transmutative, adj.