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Definition of Morphology

1. Noun. The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants.

2. Noun. Studies of the rules for forming admissible words.

3. Noun. The admissible arrangement of sounds in words.

4. Noun. The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms.

Definition of Morphology

1. n. That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.

Definition of Morphology

1. Noun. A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially: ¹

2. Noun. The form and structure of something. ¹

3. Noun. A description of the form and structure of something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Morphology

1. [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Morphology

1. A study of the configuration or the structure of animals and plants. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morphology

morpholinone morpholinones morpholinos morpholinyl morpholinylthiambutene morphologic morphologic element morphological morphological adaptation morphological features

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morphometry morphomics morphon morphonomy morphophoneme morphophonemic morphophonemic system morphophonemics morphophonological morphophonologically

Literary usage of Morphology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... Morphology.* THOSE who organized these congresses left to the guests whom they honored with their invitation a high degree of freedom in the handling ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"Professor Goodale : Morphology, histology and physiology of flowering plants (2); Principles of botanical classification, ecology and plant distribution (3) ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1895)
"Commenced by the author more than ten years ago, when the science of Orology or Earth-morphology was practically in its infancy, and growing with the rapid ..."

4. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"551-"' i Morphology, Anatomy and Histology of Vascular Plants . ... Morphology and Taxonomy of Fungi, Lichens, B«c:eni Ohio State ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1915)
"THE Morphology AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CORPUS STRIATUM BY JAMES HENDRIE LLOYD, ... The comparative morphology of the corpus striatum is one of the most ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"THE Morphology AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CORPUS STRIATUM BY JAMES HENDRIE LLOYD, ... The comparative morphology of the corpus striatum is one of the most ..."

7. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1900)
"The first two of these are sometimes combined as the morphology of the ... This however runs counter to the original signification of the word ' Morphology. ..."

8. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"Morphology. Morphology treats of the form and structure of a plant or animal. The lowest organisms have a simple morphology, but the higher plants and ..."

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