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

 dis·sim·i·la·tion /(ˌ)dɪˌsɪməˈleʃən/
 異化,異化作用,異化

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

 dis·sim·i·la·tion /(ˌ)dɪsˌɪməˈleʃən/ 名詞
 異莰烷衍生物,異化作用(微),異化(動)

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·sim·i·la·tion n. The act of making dissimilar.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dissimilation
      n 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 of more complex substances into simpler ones with
         release of energy [syn: catabolism, katabolism, destructive
          metabolism] [ant: anabolism]