n :  the quality or state of being able to assume different forms: as  a  :  existence of a species in several forms independent of the variations of sex  b  :  the property of crystallizing in two or more forms with distinct structure .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  pleo·mor·phism 
 
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