ETYM Greek morphos form + -logy: cf. French morphologie.
1. Studies of the rules for forming admissible words.
2. The admissible arrangement of sounds in words; SYN. sound structure, syllable structure, word structure.
3. The branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants.
4. The branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms; SYN. geomorphology.
Study of forms and the development of structures.
Biological or philological study of forms and structures; form and structure of an organism, word, etc.
In the study of language, the analysis of the formation of words, the breaking-down of a language into morphemes.
In biology, the study of the physical structure and form of organisms, in particular their soft tissues.