Inflected forms: pl. mor·phal·lax·es (-lksz) The regeneration of a body part by means of structural or cellular reorganization with only limited production of new cells, observed primarily in invertebrate organisms, such as certain lobsters.
ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin : morph(o)– + Greek allaxis, exchange (from allassein, to exchange, from allos, other; see al-1 in Appendix I).
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