English Dictionary

hypermetamorphosis

noun

(biology) A kind of complete metamorphosis in which the different larval instars represent two or more different forms of larva.

Hypermetamorphosis is a rare phenomenon in the animal kingdom.

意味（1）

(biology) A kind of complete metamorphosis in which the different larval instars represent two or more different forms of larva.

意味（2）

(neurology) A neurobehavioral disorder that involves patients grabbing objects in view and starting the appropriate behavior associated with it at an inappropriate time.

The features of Kluver-Bucy syndrome include visual agnosia, hypermetamorphosis (distortion of objects), hypersexuality, language disorder and aphasia, hyperorality, placidity, flat affect, and memory dysfunction.