morphology meaning

Noun: morphology  morfulowgee

1. The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants 
2. Studies of the rules for forming admissible words 
3. The admissible arrangement of sounds in words
   - sound structure, syllable structure, word structure 
4. The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
   - geomorphology

Derived forms: morphologies

See also: morphologic

Type of: biological science, biology, geophysical science, geophysics, grammar, structure

Encyclopedia: Morphology

[Medicine]
n pl -gies
1 : a branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and plants esp. with respect to the forms, relations, metamorphoses, and phylogenetic development of organs apart from their functions —see ANATOMY 1 —compare PHYSIOLOGY 1
2 : the form and structure of an organism or any of its parts

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1. the fiber morphology can be concisely summarized.
2. no longer can biologists be content simply to study morphology.
3. the mature sarcoma and leukemia virions have type c morphology.
4. the morphology of the region indicates that it has been uplifted recently.
5. the morphology of the region also indicates that it has been uplifted recently.