/an'euh mawr"feuh sis, -mawr foh"sis/ , n. , pl. anamorphoses /-seez', -seez/ .
1. a drawing presenting a distorted image that appears in natural form under certain conditions, as when viewed at a raking angle or reflected from a curved mirror.
2. the method of producing such a drawing.
3. Zool. , Entomol. the gradual change in form from one type to another during the evolution of a group of organisms.
4. (in certain arthropods) metamorphosis in which body parts or segments are added to those already present.
[ 1720-30; anamorpho- (var. s. of anamorphoûn to transform; see ANA-, MORPHO-) + -sis -SIS ]