MORPHOLOGICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does morphological mean? 

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

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

2. pertaining to geological structure

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

  Familiarity information: MORPHOLOGICAL used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORPHOLOGICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

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 (studies of the rules for forming admissible words)

Sense 2

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)

Sense 3

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)

 Context examples 

This domain captures observations for fetal and pup morphological examinations.

(Fetal and Neonatal Developmental Morphology Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

As cells leave the basal layer they undergo significant differentiation and biochemical and morphological remodeling.

(Keratinocyte Differentiation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Epidermal dendritic pigment cells which control long-term morphological color changes by alteration in their number or in the amount of pigment they produce and store in the pigment containing organelles called MELANOSOMES.

(Murine Melanocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Morphological and other aspects of diseases of the nervous system.

(Neuropathology, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Ependymal tumors occur predominantly in children and young adults with varied morphological features and biological behavior.

(Ependymal tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes acidic fibroblast growth factor intracellular binding protein, is involved in mitogenesis stimulation, morphological induction and differentiation.

(FIBP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This lesion morphologically overlaps with the focal atypical hyperplasias but morphological criteria to distinguish between the AH and DCIS does not currently exist

(Carcinoma In Situ of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Glial cell derived neurotrophic factor enhances the survival and morphological differentiation of dopaminergic neurons and increases their uptake of dopamine.

(Glial Cell Line Derived Neurotrophic Factor, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

A group of presumed common ancestry with clear-cut physiological but usually not morphological distinctions.

(Animal Organism Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

The ability to synchronize behavioral, morphological and other transitions with the seasons is integral to the life cycle of most insects.

(Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth, National Science Foundation)