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polymorph

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polymorph [′päl·i‚mȯrf]
(biology)
An organism that exhibits polymorphism.
(crystallography)
One of the crystal forms of a substance displaying polymorphism. Also known as polymorphic modification.
(histology)


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Genzken produced these complex ellipsoids and mathematically polymorph models of stereometry by computer twenty years before Richard Serra discovered Frank Gehry's tool kit.
Because polymorphs can differ in their ease of manufacture and in their medicinal properties, drug companies try to control crystal growth and discover new polymorphs (SN: 8/21/04, p.
Produced by Polymorph Films in association with Moyses and Claudio Paciornik, 1979.
 
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