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metasomatism
<geology> An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization. Metasomat"ic.

Origin: Pref. Meta- + Gr, body.

Source: Websters Dictionary