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polymorphism
  1. The ability to assume different forms or shapes.
  2. (object-oriented programming) The feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based on their type, allowing for an instance of a method to have several definitions.
  3. (mathematics) The property of certain typed formal systems of allowing for the use of type variables and binders/quantifiers over those type variables; likewise, the property of certain expressions (within such typed formal systems) of making use of at least one such typed variable.
  4. (crystallography) The ability of a solid material to exist in more than one form or crystal structure; pleomorphism.
  5. (genetics) The regular existence of two or more different genotypes within a given species or population; also, variability of amino acid sequences within a gene's protein.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “The results presented below show that these two extremes produce very different patterns of polymorphism.”
      “In the subclass Hexacorallia, polymorphism of polyps in colonies is unknown, so for this group, variation in life cycles simply involves fission.”
      “Microsatellite loci appear to be distributed throughout vertebrate genomes and can demonstrate high levels of intraspecific allelic polymorphism.”
polymorph
  1. (biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism.
  2. (chemistry) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal.
  3. (video game) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic.
polymorphitis
  1. (video game) In some roguelike games, an intrinsic ability that causes the player's character to polymorph without warning.
polymorphonucleocyte
  1. A type of granulocyte that has polymorphic nuclei
polymorphousness
  1. The quality of being polymorphous.
polymorphia
polymorphonucleocytes
polymorphisms
  1. plural of polymorphism
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Primary immunodeficiency diseases caused by genetic polymorphisms are now largely diagnosable with molecular probes.”
      “Protein polymorphisms were detected using electrophoretic and isoelectric focusing methods modified from a variety of published sources.”
      “But recently, new forms of genomic variation have been appreciated above and beyond single nucleotide polymorphisms.”
polymorphs
  1. plural of polymorph
  2. Examples:
    1. “Urethritis is confirmed if the urethral smear shows five or more polymorphs per high power field.”
      “Polytypism is a type of polymorphism wherein different polymorphs exist in different domains of the same crystal.”
      “Complexity in colonial organisms is often equated with the degree of integration in polymorphs.”
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