MORPHOLOGIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does morphologic mean? 

• MORPHOLOGIC (adjective)
  The adjective MORPHOLOGIC has 3 senses:

1. relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals

2. relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language

3. pertaining to geological structure

  Familiarity information: MORPHOLOGIC used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORPHOLOGIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

morphologic; morphological; structural

Context example:

morphological differences

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:

Relating to or concerned with the formation of admissible words in a language

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

morphologic; morphological

Pertainym:

morphology (studies of the rules for forming admissible words)

Derivation:

morphology (the admissible arrangement of sounds in words)

morphology (studies of the rules for forming admissible words)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Pertaining to geological structure

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

geomorphologic; geomorphological; morphologic; morphological; structural

Context example:

structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface

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)

 Context examples 

A rare morphologic variant of chondrosarcoma arising from bone.

(Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma of the Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

Transformation of malignant cells with a specific differentiation to different morphologic types.

(Metaplasia of Malignant Cells Present, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the alteration of the glandular acinar epithelial cells to apocrine sweat gland cells.

(Apocrine Metaplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

A WHO grade III oligodendroglioma with focal or diffuse malignant morphologic features (prominent nuclear pleomorphism, mitoses, and increased cellularity).

(Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

The small intestinal morphologic changes are consistent with a mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (MALT lymphoma).

(Alpha Heavy Chain Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A WHO grade III meningioma characterized by the presence of malignant morphologic features, including malignant cytology and a very high mitotic index (20 or more mitoses per ten high power fields).

(Anaplastic (Malignant) Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare morphologic variant of bronchiolo-alveolar lung carcinoma characterized by the presence of both mucin and non-mucin producing cells.

(Mixed Mucinous and Non-Mucinous Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of more than five mitotic figures per fifty high power fields in a cellular infiltrate.

(More than 5 Mitoses per 50HPF, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans characterized by the presence of areas of myofibroblastic differentiation.

(Myoid Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of myxoid changes in a tissue sample.

(Myxoid Changes Present, NCI Thesaurus)