DIMORPHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dimorphic mean? 

• DIMORPHIC (adjective)
  The adjective DIMORPHIC has 1 sense:

1. occurring or existing in two different forms

  Familiarity information: DIMORPHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIMORPHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring or existing in two different forms

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

dimorphic; dimorphous

Context example:

dimorphous organisms

Pertainym:

dimorphism ((biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences))

dimorphism ((chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms)

 Context examples 

A species of soil-borne, dimorphic fungus that is the causative agent of Histoplasmosis.

(Ajellomyces capsulatus, NCI Thesaurus)