morphology (redirected from determinants of occlusal morphology)

mor·phol·o·gy  (môr-fl-j)

n. pl. mor·phol·o·gies

1.

a. The branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms without consideration of function.

b. The form and structure of an organism or one of its parts: the morphology of a cell; the morphology of vertebrates.

2. Linguistics The study of the structure and form of words in language or a language, including inflection, derivation, and the formation of compounds.

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morpho·logi·cal (-f-lj-kl), morpho·logic adj.

morpho·logi·cal·ly adv.

mor·pholo·gist n.

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morphology

Noun

the science of forms and structures of organisms or words

morphological adj

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morphology  (môr-fl-j)

The size, shape, and structure of an organism or one of its parts. Biologists usually describe the morphology of an organism separately from its physiology. In traditional systems of taxonomy, classifications were based on the morphological characteristics of organisms. However, a method of classification based purely on morphology runs the risk of grouping together organisms that are actually relatively unrelated but have evolved similar features. In more modern systems of taxonomy, the genetic similarity of organisms, studied through the methods of molecular biology, is considered in addition to morphology when establishing taxa.

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morphology

1. a branch of linguistics that studies and describes patterns of word formation, including inflection, derivation, and compounding of a language.
2. such patterns of a particular language. — morphologist, n. — morphological, adj.

See also: Linguistics

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1. the study of the form or structure of anything.
2. the branch of biology that studies the form and structure of plants and animals. See also geomorphology. — morphologist, n. — morphologic, morphological, adj.

See also: Form

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the branch of biology that studies the structure and form of animals and plants. — morphologist, n. — morphologic, morphological, adj.

See also: Animals

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the study of the form and structure of plants and animals. — morphologist, n. — morphologic, morphological, adj.

See also: Biology

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	morphology - the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
	2.	morphology - studies of the rules for forming admissible words grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) 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
	3.	morphology - the admissible arrangement of sounds in words sound structure, syllable structure, word structure structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations; "his lectures have no structure" affixation - the result of adding an affix to a root word
	4.	morphology - the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms geomorphology geophysical science, geophysics - geology that uses physical principles to study properties of the earth 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