noun. In grammar: A change or transmutation in a word by adding, transposing, or retrenching a syllable or letter.

noun. Formation of an oblique case or cases from a stem other than that of the nominative.

noun. In botany, protoplasm containing certain carbohydrates which are eventually separated from it in the formation of cell-walls or as secretions.

noun. In cytology, a collective term applied to lifeless or non-living substances or inclusions such as yolk-bodies, starch, pigment, etc., in the cell-protoplasm, as distinguished from the living substances.

noun. A change in the letters or syllables of a word.

noun. Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds

noun. A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell