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AMORPHOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amorphous mean? 

AMORPHOUS (adjective)
  The adjective AMORPHOUS has 5 senses:

1. having no definite form or distinct shapeplay

2. lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodiesplay

3. (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocusedplay

4. unclear because vague or badly organizedplay

5. without real or apparent crystalline formplay

  Familiarity information: AMORPHOUS used as an adjective is common.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMORPHOUS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having no definite form or distinct shape

Synonyms:

amorphous; formless; shapeless

Context example:

a shapeless mass of protoplasm

Similar:

unformed (not having form or shape)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies

Synonyms:

amorphous; unstructured

Similar:

inorganic (lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms)


Sense 3

Meaning:

(of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused

Context example:

A mob is an amorphous crowd of people without ideals, a sum of individuals in which each lives for himself

Similar:

unstructured (lacking definite structure or organization)


Sense 4

Meaning:

Unclear because vague or badly organized

Context example:

Her vague, amorphous statement of her predicament was part of what made it so hard for her to solve it

Similar:

unclear (not clear to the mind)


Sense 5

Meaning:

Without real or apparent crystalline form

Synonyms:

amorphous; uncrystallised; uncrystallized

Context example:

amorphous structure

Similar:

noncrystalline (not crystalline)


 Context examples 


Elastin Microfibril Interface Located Protein, encoded by the human EMILIN gene, is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein found between amorphous elastin and microfibrils.

(Elastin Microfibril Interfacer 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of connective tissue consisting of an outer mantel of microfibrils and an amorphous elastin inner core capable of repetitive cycles of extension and recoil.

(Elastic Fiber, NCI Thesaurus)

A sac-like closed membranous structure that may be empty or contain fluid or amorphous material.

(Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)

Interstitial space between cells, occupied by fluid as well as amorphous and fibrous substances.

(Extracellular Space, NCI Thesaurus)

A continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container (i.e., a liquid or a gas).

(Fluid, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the Herpesviridae family and Roseolovirus genus.

(Human Herpesvirus 7, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the Herpesviridae family and Cytomegalovirus genus.

(Human Herpesvirus 5, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the Herpesviridae family and Simplexvirus genus.

(Human Herpesvirus 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A sheet of amorphous extracellular material upon which the basal surfaces of epithelial cells rest.

(Basilar Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the amorphous urate crystals in a biological specimen.

(Amorphous Urate Crystals Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)



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