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Dissimilation

nounid 48027·updated May 18, 2026
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breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
catabolism
plural
Dissimilations
possessive
Dissimilation's
pluralpossessive
Dissimilations'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
§2
a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other

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