hypermetamorphosis
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hypermetamorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural hypermetamorphoses)
- (biology) A kind of complete metamorphosis in which the different larval instars represent two or more different forms of larva.
- Synonym: hypermetamorphism
- (neurology) A neurobehavioral disorder that involves patients grabbing objects in view and starting the appropriate behavior associated with it at an inappropriate time.
- Synonym: utilization behavior
- 1995, J Millichap, “Kluver-Bucy Syndrome Following Heat Stroke”, in Pediatric Neurolog Briefs:
- 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.