meta-, met-, meth-

(Greek: after, behind; changed in form, altered; higher [used to designate a higher degree of a branch of science])

  1. later, behind: metaphase, metathorax
  2. beyond, transcending, encompassing: metagalaxy, metalanguage
  3. change, transformation: metaplasia
  4. higher, more developed: metaxylem
  5. used in chemical names: metaphosphate


metacarpal
metacarpectomy
metacarpus
metachemistry
Speculative, or theoretical, subatomic chemistry.
metachromy
metachronism
1. An error in chronology consisting in placing an event later than its real date.
2. In biology, the co-ordination of the movement of parts; especially, cilia, into a progressive wave.
metachronous
1. Not synchronous; multiple separate occurrences, such as multiple primary cancers developing at intervals.
2. Occurring at different times.
metachrosis
metacognition
1. Awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes, especially regarded as having a role in directing those processes.
2. Awareness and understanding one's thinking and cognitive processes; thinking about thinking.
3. Knowledge of one's own thoughts and the factors that influence thatr thinking.
4. A metacognitive perception, notion, or intuition.
metacognitive
A reference to or relating to metacognition.
metacyesis
1. A pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus: ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine pregnancy, ectopic gestation, extrauterine gestation.
2. A gestation elsewhere than in the uterus.

Often occurring in the fallopian tube; resulting in abdominal pain, fainting, and/or vaginal bleeding.

metagalactic
metagalaxy
metagastric
metagelatin
A form of gelatin that remains fluid, used in photography, made by boiling and cooling a solution of gelatin several times.

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