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MORPHOLOGICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
Example:
morphological differences
Synonyms:
morphologic; morphological; structural
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
morphology (the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants)
Derivation:
morphology (the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pertaining to geological structure
Example:
structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface
Synonyms:
geomorphologic; geomorphological; morphologic; morphological; structural
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Derivation:
morphology (the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language
Synonyms:
morphologic; morphological
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
morphology (studies of the rules for forming admissible words)
Derivation:
morphology (studies of the rules for forming admissible words)
Context examples:
The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.
(Evolution, NCI Thesaurus)
The production of the same or similar phenotypes (observed biochemical, physiological, and morphological characteristics of a person determined by his/her genotype) by different genetic mechanisms.
(Genetic Heterogeneity, NCI Dictionary)
A morphological variant of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma that occurs in children.
(Childhood Mixed Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The study helps to circumscribe the limits of habitability and demands caution when interpreting morphological biosignatures on Earth and beyond.
(Place discovered on earth with no microbial life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Similar morphological alterations and modulation of gene expression are initiated by the binding of growth factors to their respective receptors, emphasizing the considerable crosstalk between adhesion- and growth factor-mediated signaling.
(Focal Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
A morphological appearance characteristic of invasive carcinomas in which there is focal or extensive transformation (metaplasia) of nests of malignant epithelial cells into cells which resemble neurosecretory cells morphologically, immunohistochemically, and by electron microscopy.
(Neuroendocrine Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)
The effects of an individual SLRP deficiency are tissue specific and a variety of morphological phenotypes are the result of variations in level of expression of individual SLRPs in different tissues and synergisms between different SLRPs (and likely other macromolecules) in determining matrix structures.
(Function of SLRP in Bone Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
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