/mawr'feuh lak"sis/ , n. , pl. morphallaxes /-lak"seez/ .
Biol. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.
[ 1900-05; MORPH- + Gk állaxis exchange, barter (cf. allássein to change, exchange, ult. deriv. of állos other, ALLO-); coined by T. H. Morgan ]