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MORPHOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("morphology" is a kind of...):
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "morphology"):
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Derivation:
morphologic; morphological (relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("morphology" is a kind of...):
geophysical science; geophysics (geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "morphology"):
plate tectonic theory; plate tectonics; tectonics (the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust)
lithology; petrology (the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification)
Derivation:
morphologic; morphological (pertaining to geological structure)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The admissible arrangement of sounds in words
Synonyms:
morphology; sound structure; syllable structure; word structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("morphology" is a kind of...):
structure (the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "morphology"):
affixation (the result of adding an affix to a root word)
Derivation:
morphologic (relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Studies of the rules for forming admissible words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("morphology" is a kind of...):
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "morphology"):
accidence; inflectional morphology (the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words)
derivational morphology (the part of grammar that deals with the derivations of words)
compound morphology (the part of grammar that deals with combinations of simple words into compound words)
Derivation:
morphologic; morphological (relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language)
Context examples:
This gene plays a role in the regulation of several processes that determine neuronal cell morphology.
(DCC Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
The majority of cases have spindle cell morphology.
(Colorectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
The P wave morphology of these complexes is often different from a sinus P wave and the RR intervals preceding these complexes is also shorter than those of the regular beats.
(Atrial Premature Complex by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A genus of single-stranded, reverse-transcribing RNA retroviruses with type B or type C morphology.
(Betaretrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in signal transduction and the regulation of both cell mobility and morphology.
(PAK1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
An rna-type retrovirus with a c-type morphology.
(Alpharetrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)
On the one hand, thanks to its capillary properties and morphology, it is possible to design highly user-friendly devices.
(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)
This allele, which encodes ankyrin-1 protein, plays a role in erythrocyte morphology.
(ANK1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes palladin protein, plays a role in cellular morphology, motility and adhesion.
(PALLD wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is involved in both cell motility and morphology.
(Actin, Cytoplasmic 1, NCI Thesaurus)
