Usually means: Vowel sound changes due to influence.
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  1. metaphony: Merriam-Webster
  2. metaphony: Wordnik
  3. metaphony: Wiktionary
  4. Metaphony (Romance languages), Metaphony: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. metaphony: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

Definitions from Wiktionary (metaphony)

noun:  (phonology) A sound change in which a vowel's pronunciation is affected by another.

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