noun

• 1Biology
  The evolutionary process that gives rise to a new anatomical structure or feature; the development of a neomorph; an instance of this.

• 2Genetics
  The property of being a neomorph.

• 3Geology
  The diagenetic transformation of a mineral which results in its replacement by new crystals of the same mineral or of a polymorph.

  Chiefly with reference to the changes which occur in carbonate sediments, involving calcite and related minerals.