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dissimilation
 
Noun dissimilation has 2 senses
  1. dissimilation - a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other; "the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation"
    --1 is a kind of     linguistic process
    Derived forms: verb dissimilate1, verb dissimilate3
  2. catabolism, katabolism, dissimilation, destructive metabolism - breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy
    --2 is a kind of organic process, biological process
    --2 is a part of metabolism, metabolic process, metastasis
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