Metamorphosize vs. Metamorphosis

Metamorphosizeverb

To undergo the process of metamorphosis; to metamorphose.

Metamorphosisnoun

A transformation, such as one performed by magic.

Metamorphosisnoun

A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.

Metamorphosisnoun

(biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)

Metamorphosisnoun

(pathology) A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.

Metamorphosisnoun

Change of form, or structure; transformation.

Metamorphosisnoun

A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into final and sexually developed forms, from the union of which organisms are produced which pass through the same cycle of changes. See Transformation.

Metamorphosisnoun

The change of material of one kind into another through the agency of the living organism; metabolism.

Metamorphosisnoun

the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

Metamorphosisnoun

a striking change in appearance or character or circumstances;

Metamorphosisnoun

a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft

Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis is a biological process by which an animal physically develops after birth or hatching, involving a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in the animal's body structure through cell growth and differentiation. Some insects, fish, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, cnidarians, echinoderms, and tunicates undergo metamorphosis, which is often accompanied by a change of nutrition source or behavior.