morphology
American Heritage Dictionary:
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mor·phol·o·gy
(môr-fŏl'ə-jē) 
n., pl., -gies.
morphologically mor'pho·log'i·cal·ly adv.
morphologist mor·phol'o·gist n.
n., pl., -gies.
- The branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms without consideration of function.
- The form and structure of an organism or one of its parts: the morphology of a cell; the morphology of vertebrates.
- Linguistics. The study of the structure and form of words in language or a language, including inflection, derivation, and the formation of compounds.
morphologically mor'pho·log'i·cal·ly adv.
morphologist mor·phol'o·gist n.
Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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morphology
is the study of the structure and form of words. It includes both inflection (how words change their forms according to grammatical function, e.g. come, comes, came, etc.) and derivation (how one word is formed from another, e.g. unhelpful from helpful and helpful in turn from help).
| mores, more, moratorium | |
| mortgage, mosquito, most |
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:
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morphology
In biology, the study of the size, shape, and structure of organisms in relation to some principle or generalization. Whereas anatomy describes the structure of organisms, morphology explains the shapes and arrangement of parts of organisms in terms of such general principles as evolutionary relations, function, and development.
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Oxford Dictionary of Geography:
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morphology
1. The study of form. However, the term is now used as a synonym for the form itself as in the morphology of the landscape or of the city.
2. In geolinguistics, the phonological shapes of words that adapt to special grammatical functions. Some words, for example, inflect to make a past tense, as in ‘walk’, ‘walked’; others are the basis from which additional words may be derived as in ‘hard’, ‘hardness’.
Taylor's Dictionary for Gardeners:
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morphology
The study of the form and structure of plants and animals.
Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: Science:
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morphology
(mawr-fol-uh-jee)
The study of the structure of living things. (Compare anatomy and physiology.)
Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry:
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morphology
the branch of biology concerned with the outer form and inner structure of living organisms.
| morpholino antisense oligonucleotide, morpholine, morphogenesis | |
| mortalin, mosaic, mosaic evolution |
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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morphology
The science of the forms and structure of organisms; the form and structure of a particular organism, organ, tissue or cell.
Mosby's Dental Dictionary:
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morphology
n
The branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of an organism or part, without regard to function.
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categories related to 'morphology'
- Branches and Disciplines - morphology: study of physical forms of living things
- Linguistics and Writing Systems - morphology: branch of linguistics involving forms and structure of words and patterns of word formation in particular language; these patterns of word formation themselves
- Order, Hierarchy, and Systems - morphology: science of structure, form, and patterns
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Morphology
Français (French)
n. - morphologie
Deutsch (German)
n. - Morphologie
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μορφολογία
Português (Portuguese)
n. - morfologia (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - morfología
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - morfologi, formlära
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
形态学, 形态论, 词态学
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 形態學, 形態論, 詞態學
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 形態学, 語形論, 形態論, 地形学, 組織
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) علم التشكل
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חקר הצורות הלשוניות בשפה, מורפולוגיה
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