MORPHOLOGICAL
\mˌɔːfəlˈɒd͡ʒɪkə͡l], \mˌɔːfəlˈɒdʒɪkəl], \m_ˌɔː_f_ə_l_ˈɒ_dʒ_ɪ_k_əl]\
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relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language
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pertaining to geological structure; "geomorphological features of the Black Hills"; "morphological features of granite"; "structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface"
By Princeton University
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That which has relation to the anatomical conformation of parts. Applied, at times to the alterations in the form of the several parts of the embryo, in contradistinction to histological, which is applied to the trasformation by which the tissues are gradually generated. In comparative anatomy, it is applied to the history of the modification of forms, which the same organ under goes in different animals.
By Robley Dunglison
