Usually means: Chemical alteration of rocks, fluids.
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  1. metasomatism: Merriam-Webster
  2. metasomatism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. metasomatism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. metasomatism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. metasomatism: Wordnik
  6. metasomatism: Wiktionary
  7. metasomatism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. metasomatism: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. metasomatism: Dictionary.com
  10. Metasomatism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Metasomatism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. metasomatism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Metasomatism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. metasomatism: FreeDictionary.org
  15. metasomatism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. metasomatism: Encyclopedia

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (metasomatism)

noun:  (geology) The process by which the bulk chemical composition of a rock is changed by the introduction of components from an external source, especially by a hydrothermal fluid.

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