From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmorphologymor‧phol‧o‧gy /mɔːˈfɒlədʒi $ mɔːrˈfɑː-/ noun (plural morphologies) technical 1 [uncountable]SL the study of the morphemes of a language and of the way in which they are joined together to make words → syntax2 [uncountable]HB the scientific study of the form and structure of animals and plants3 [countable, uncountable]SYSTEM the structure of an object or system or the way it was formed —morphological /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒdʒɪkəl◂ $ ˌmɔːrfəˈlɑː-/ adjective the morphological features of cells —morphologically /-kli/ adverb
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morphology• He had a hungry face; in it Marge detected a morphology she recognized.• These aspects of language performance are more under conscious control than are aspects of sentence structure and morphology.• The Table shows the relation of the number of micro-organisms with both bacterial morphology and their modes of contact with gastric epithelium.• Here, as in other areas, we see ecology emerging from a deliberate revolt against the evolutionary morphology of earlier decades.• In addition to those with macrophage morphology, a population of smaller and more densely stained cells, could be identified.• Inevitably, therefore, our understanding of the site's morphology is considerably clearer than its progressive stages of development.• Vertebrates have a much more intricate and sensitive morphology.• There are significant differences in the morphology and degree of volcanic activity associated with these two types of rift.Origin morphology (1800-1900) Greek morphe “form” + English -ology 