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Metaleptic

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Met`a`lep´tic
a.1.Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.
2.Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle.
3.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy.
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