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• Pleomorphous
• Pleomorphism
• Pleomorphic

(1):

(n.) The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.

(2):

(n.) The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.