[al-uh-mawrf] 
| 1. | any of two or more different forms of the same chemical compound. |
| 2. | Linguistics. one of the alternate contextually determined phonological shapes of a morpheme, as en in oxen, which is an allomorph of the English plural morpheme. Compare morph. |
| 3. | Mineralogy. paramorph. |
[par-uh-mawrf] | a pseudomorph formed by a change in crystal structure but not in chemical composition. |
| al·lo·morph 1 (āl'ə-môrf') n. See paramorph. al'lo·mor'phic adj., al'lo·mor'phism n. |
| al·lo·morph 2 (āl'ə-môrf') n. Any of the variant forms of a morpheme. For example, the phonetic (s) of cats (kāts), (z) of pigs (pĭgz), and (ĭz) horses (hôr'sĭz) are allomorphs of the English plural morpheme. [allo- + morph(eme).] al'lo·mor'phic adj., al'lo·mor'phism n. |
| par·a·morph (pār'ə-môrf') n. A mineral crystal formed or affected by paramorphism. Also called allomorph1. |
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