paramorph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of pseudomorph in which there has been a change of physical characteristics without alteration of chemical composition, as in the change of aragonite to calcite.

Word forms

paramorph paramorphs

Etymology

From para- + -morph.

Synonyms

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