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Mastitis(health)
mastitis(dictionary)
Mastitis(medicine)
mastitis(encyclopedia)
mastitis(dictionary)
phlegmonous mastitis(medicine)
submammary mastitis(medicine)
puerperal mastitis(medicine)
parenchymatous mastitis(medicine)

mastitis neonatorum (medicine) and transformation (iou)


mastitis neonatorum (medicine)


mastitis neonatorum
Mastitis in the secreting breast tissue of the newborn, usually staphylococcal.


transformation (iou)



transformation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin transformatio(n-), from Latin transformat- pa. ppl stem of transformare: see TRANSFORM verb, -ATION.]
I.
The action of changing in form, shape, or appearance; metamorphosis. LME.
G. Daly The transformation of Galatea from statue to living being.
A complete change in character, Nature, etc. L16.
Independent The political transformation of Eastern Europe has..already happened. The economic transformation..has hardly begun.
Theatrical. More fully transformation scene. A scene in a pantomime in which (part of) the scenery is dramatically altered in the sight of the audience; esp. (now Hist.) one in which the principal performers became the players of an ensuing harlequinade. M19.
A woman's wig. Now rare. E20.
II. techn.
Math. A change of any mathematical entity in accordance with some definite rule or set of rules; the rules themselves; spec. (a) change of form without alteration of significance or value; substitution of one geometrical figure for another of equal magnitude but different form, or of one algebraic expression or equation for another of the same value; (b) the introduction of a new set of coordinates; (c) = MAPPING 2. Formerly also, truncation of the vertices of a solid figure. L16.
LAPLACE transformation. LORENTZ transformation.
Natural change of form in a living organism; = METAMORPHOSIS 3a. M17.
D. Attenborough They grow by a series of moults but never..undergo transformation.
Chemistry. Change of chemical structure, esp. by rearrangement of atoms in a molecule to form a compound of a different type; a reaction in which this occurs. M19.
Electricity. Change of a current into one of different potential, or different type, or both, as by a transformer. L19.
Physics. Change of one element into another by nuclear bombardment or radioactive decay; transmutation. E20.
Biology. The genetic alteration of a cell (orig. a bacterium) by the introduction or absorption of extraneous DNA, esp. by means of a plasmid. E20.
Cytology & Medicine. The heritable alteration of a eukaryotic cell so that it comes to possess some or all of the characteristics of a cancer cell. M20.
Linguistics. The conversion of one syntactic structure into another by the application of specific rules; a rule converting deep structure to surface structure. M20.
Comb.: transformation card a playing-card on which the suit signs are incorporated into a decorative design or picture; transformation scene: see sense 3 above.
transformationist noun (a) = TRANSFORMIST; (b) = TRANSFORMATIONALIST noun: L19.