METALEPTIC

metaleptic. Metaleptic, a. acting transversely, transverse

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Met′a‐lep″tic (?), a. [] 1. 1. Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.
2. 2. Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle.
3. 3. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy.