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remodification

[mod-uh-fi-key-shuhn] Origin

mod·i·fi·ca·tion

[mod-uh-fi-key-shuhn]
noun
1.
an act or instance of modifying.
2.
the state of being modified; partial alteration.
3.
a modified form; variety.
4.
Biology. a change in a living organism acquired from its own activity or environment and not transmitted to its descendants.
5.
limitation or qualification.
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6.
Grammar.
a.
the use of a modifier in a construction, or of modifiers in a class of constructions or in a language.
b.
the meaning of a modifier, especially as it affects the meaning of the word or other form modified: Limitation is one kind of modification.
c.
a change in the phonological shape of a morpheme, word, or other form when it functions as an element in a construction, as the change of not to -n't in doesn't.
d.
an adjustment in the form of a word as it passes from one language to another.
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Origin:
1495–1505; < Latin modificātiōn- (stem of modificātiō), equivalent to modificāt(us) (past participle of modificāre; see modify) + -iōn- -ion

in·ter·mod·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
o·ver·mod·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
pre·mod·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
re·mod·i·fi·ca·tion, noun
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Word Origin & History

modification
c.1500, in philosophy, from Fr. modification (14c.) or directly from L. modificationem, noun of action from modificare (see modify). Meaning to alter an object to bring it up to date is from 1774. Biological sense is attested by 1896.
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Medical Dictionary

modification mod·i·fi·ca·tion (mŏd'ə-fĭ-kā'shən)
n.
Any of the changes in an organism that are caused by environment or activity and are not genetically transmissable to offspring.

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modification   (mŏd'ə-fĭ-kā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
A change in an organism that results from external influences and cannot be inherited.
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