Synonyms & related words for metasomatism

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Words related to metasomatism

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Where does metasomatism come from?

The word metasomatism breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: meta-, from Greek meta (“change, after”); somat, from Greek soma (“body”); and -ism, from Greek -ismos (“process, condition”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.