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morphology
[ mawr-fol-uh-jee ]
noun
- the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- the form and structure of an organism considered as a whole.
- Linguistics.
- the patterns of word formation in a particular language, including inflection, derivation, and composition.
- the study and description of such patterns.
- the study of the behavior and combination of morphemes.
- Physical Geography. geomorphology.
- the form or structure of anything:
to gain an insight into the morphology of our political system.
- the study of the form or structure of anything.
morphology
/ mɔːˈfɒlədʒɪ; ˌmɔːfəˈlɒdʒɪk /
noun
- the branch of biology concerned with the form and structure of organisms
- the form and structure of words in a language, esp the consistent patterns of inflection, combination, derivation and change, etc, that may be observed and classified
- the form and structure of anything
morphology
/ môr-fŏl′ə-jē /
- The size, shape, and structure of an organism or one of its parts. Biologists usually describe the morphology of an organism separately from its physiology. In traditional systems of taxonomy, classifications were based on the morphological characteristics of organisms. However, a method of classification based purely on morphology runs the risk of grouping together organisms that are actually relatively unrelated but have evolved similar features. In more modern systems of taxonomy, the genetic similarity of organisms, studied through the methods of molecular biology, is considered in addition to morphology when establishing taxa.
Derived Forms
- ˌmorphoˈlogically, adverb
- morˈphologist, noun
- morphologic, adjective
Other Words From
- mor·pho·log·ic [mawr-f, uh, -, loj, -ik], morpho·logi·cal adjective
- morpho·logi·cal·ly adverb
- mor·pholo·gist noun
- unmor·pho·logi·cal adjective
- unmor·pho·logi·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of morphology1
Example Sentences
Indeed, a crab-like body shape, or morphology, has evolved numerous times independently throughout evolutionary history.
Perhaps they have similar distributions, genetics, or morphology -- we don't know yet, but this study is a key step to starting to understand this important evolutionary question.
MBARI's Continental Margin Processes Team, led by Senior Scientist Charlie Paull, investigates how the morphology of the continental margin -- where the continental shelf transitions to the abyssal plain -- is sculpted and changed over time.
Species also vary in how much they fight, and Green suspects there may be a correlation between behavior and morphology.
By comprehensively capturing 3D morphologies from the entire tissue volume, Tripath performed better than pathologists and outperformed deep learning models that rely on 2D morphology and thin tissue slices.
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