See Also: Polymorphous(medicine)
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polymorphous layer(medicine)
polymorphous perversion(medicine)

polymorphous (iou)



polymorphous adjective. L18.
[from Greek polumorphos, formed as POLY- + morphe form: see -OUS.]
Having, assuming, or occurring in many or various forms; having many varieties; passing through various forms; multiform. L18.
Chemistry & Mineralogy. Crystallizing in two or more forms; chemically identical but crystallographically different. Cf. POLYMORPHIC. M19.
Comb.: polymorphous-perverse adjective (Psychoanalysis) characterized by a diffuse sexuality that can be excited and gratified in many ways and is normal in young children but regarded as perverted in adults.
polymorphously adverb in a polymorphous manner;
polymorphously perverse (Psychoanalysis) = polymorphous-perverse above: M20.