metathesisn.
英 mɪ'tæθɪsɪs | 美 mə'tæθəsɪs
中文n. 音位转换；置换作用；交换；[医] 病变移植
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metathesis (n.)1570s, "transposition of letters in a word;" c. 1600, "rhetorical transposition of words," from Late Latin metathesis, from Greek metathesis "change of position, transposition, change of opinion," from stem of metatithenai "to transpose," from meta- "to change" (see meta-) + tithenai "to place, set" (see theme). Plural is metatheses. Related: Metathetic.
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