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dissimilation

English

  1. 🔊 a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other
    “the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation”
  2. 🔊 breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

Spanish

  1. 🔊 disimilación dissimilation

Similar words

catabolism katabolism destructive metabolism