metamorphism

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noun change in the structure of rock by natural agencies such as pressure or heat or introduction of new chemical substances

From metamorphosis + -ism, after French métamorphisme.

But, somewhere in that diabolical machine through which he had passed, his hands and feet had undergone a hideous metamorphism which had transformed them from the well-formed extremities of a splendid young Indian into the hairy paws of a giant rat! — Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930, Various

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