dissimilation, n.
(dissimilations)
(dissimilations)
breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
<noun.process>
catabolism destructive metabolism dissimilation katabolism
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derivationally related form
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part holonym
a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
<noun.process>
dissimilation
sample sentences
"the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym