morphology

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From Ancient Greek: morpho- +‎ -logy

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Wikipedia morphology (countable and uncountable; plural morphologies)

  1. (uncountable) A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function. Especially:
    1. (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of morphemes (words and their semantic building blocks).
    2. (biology) The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
    3. (geology) The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
  2. (countable) The form and structure of something.
  3. (countable) A description of the form and structure of something.

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