Meaning of morphology in English

morphology

noun [ U ]

specialized

/mɔːˈfɒl.ə.dʒi/ us

/mɔːrˈfɑː.lə.dʒi/

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biology

the scientific study of the structure and form of animals and plants

language

the study of the form of words and phrases

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morphologic
morphological
morphologically
morphologist

(Definition of morphology from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

morphology | American Dictionary

morphology

noun [ U ]

/mɔrˈfɑl·ə·dʒi/

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biology

the scientific study of the structure and form of animals and plants

(Definition of morphology from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of morphology

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Dendritic morphologies of retinal ganglion cells projecting to the nucleus of the optic tract in the rabbit.

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The crystal morphologies and compositional zonation observed in komatiite deposits are similar to those produced in the solidification experiments described in $2.

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Grain sizes vary from 30 to 150 m, morphologies from equant, bi-pyramidal and stubby prismatic, to prismatic (aspect ratios up to 4).

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The aux1-7 mutation is an illustrative case where the same fitness can be attained by different morphologies.

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Structural differences in fibrils with different morphologies may occur at both the secondary and the quaternary structural levels.

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However, the mixed morphologies of astrogliaalways presented a problem for this.

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Intra-erythrocytic parasites of infected animals displayed various morphologies, mostly small dot and ring forms, which were centrally placed.

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We have presented only the highlights of verb morphologies which are extremely complex.

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In addition to the above morphological types, several highly elaborate, complex morphologies were found.

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The chloride-bearing materials are lighttoned and exhibit patterned-ground and etched-terrain morphologies.

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None of the three inducible ventricular tachycardia morphologies could be induced at the end of the ablation procedure or at follow-up studies.

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The current case is also significant for successful ablation, despite the presence of multiple inducible ventricular tachycardia morphologies.

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All cells consisted of a single compar tment, but are drawn with complex morphologies to better illustrate their synaptic interactions.

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Superior colliculus neurons which project to the cat lateral posterior nucleus have varying morphologies.

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Many of these neurons had bipolar morphologies, with dendrites extending both above and below their cell bodies.

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