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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pleomorphism
 同質多形現象; 多型性; 多形性

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 pleo·mor·phism /ˌplɪəˈmɔrˌfɪzəm/ 名詞
 多型現象

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ple·o·mor·phism n.
 1. Crystallog. The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.
 2. Biol. The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pleomorphism
      n 1: (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of
           the same chemical compound [syn: polymorphism]
      2: (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different
         forms in the life cycle of some organisms