Definition of Morphosis

1. n. The order or mode of development of an organ or part.

Definition of Morphosis

1. Noun. (biology) The way in which an organism (or an organ) changes form during development. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Morphosis

1. [n -PHOSES]

Medical Definition of Morphosis

1. The order or mode of development of an organ or part. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Form, fr. Form. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morphosis

morphomics
morphon
morphonomy
morphophoneme
morphophonemic
morphophonemic system
morphophonemics
morphophonological
morphophonologically
morphophonology
morphophyly
morphophysiology
morphoregulation
morphos
morphoses
morphosis (current term)
morphospecies
morphostat
morphostats
morphosyntactic
morphosyntactical
morphosyntactically
morphosyntax
morphosyntaxes
morphosynthesis
morphotactics
morphotectonic
morphotectonics
morphotic
morphotropic

Literary usage of Morphosis

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

1. Uniplanar Algebra: Being Part I of a Propædeutic to the Higher Mathematical ...by Irving Stringham by Irving Stringham (1893)
"Affix, Correspondence, morphosis. Every complex quantity, defined geometrically by a vector drawn from the origin with proper length and direction, ..."

2. Uniplanar Algebra: Being Part I of a Propædeutic to the Higher Mathematical by Irving Stringham (1893)
"Affix, Correspondence, morphosis. Every complex quantity, defined geometrically by a vector drawn from the origin with proper length and direction, ..."

3. The Swiss Cross by Harlan Hoge Ballard, Agassiz Association (1887)
"Day by day it moves along, until finally it is entirely over by the side of its comrade, and we morphosis ; that is, the insect passes through several ..."

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