Scientific usage of the term is exclusive, and is not applied to general aspects of cell growth, including rapid growth spurts. [[References]] to "metamorphosis" in mammals are imprecise and only colloquial, but historically [[idealist]] [[ideas]] of [[transformation]] and monadology, as in Goethe's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphosis_of_Plants Metamorphosis of Plants], influenced the development of [[ideas]] of [[evolution]]. | Scientific usage of the term is exclusive, and is not applied to general aspects of cell growth, including rapid growth spurts. [[References]] to "metamorphosis" in mammals are imprecise and only colloquial, but historically [[idealist]] [[ideas]] of [[transformation]] and monadology, as in Goethe's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphosis_of_Plants Metamorphosis of Plants], influenced the development of [[ideas]] of [[evolution]]. |