Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Anamorphosis

Anamorphosis ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to form anew; {not transcribed} again + {not transcribed} to form; morfh` form.]

1.
(Persp.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.
2.
(Biology) Same as Anamorphism, 2.
3.
(Botany) A morbid or monstrous development, or change of form, or degeneration.