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MORPHOLOGIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or concerned with the morphology of plants and animals
Example:
morphological differences
Synonyms:
morphologic; morphological; structural
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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:
Pertaining to geological structure
Example:
structural effects of folding and faulting of the earth's surface
Synonyms:
geomorphologic; geomorphological; morphologic; morphological; structural
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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 formation of admissible words in a language
Synonyms:
morphologic; morphological
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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)
Context examples:
A morphologic finding that indicates the presence of myofibroblastic differentiation in a cellular infiltrate of a tissue sample.
(Myofibroblastic Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic finding indicating the presence of enlarged muscle cells in a muscle tissue sample.
(Muscle Cell Hypertrophy, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic and histochemical finding indicating depletion of mucin in the glands.
(Mucin Depletion, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic variant of chondrosarcoma arising from soft tissue and bone, occurring in adults.
(Adult Myxoid Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the morphologic features of a medulloblastoma and the presence of a striated muscle component.
(Medullomyoblastoma with Myogenic Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)
A usually aggressive morphologic variant of acinar adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland characterized by the presence of lakes of extracellular mucin.
(Acinar Prostate Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
These leukemias often have the morphologic features of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a Variant RARA Translocation, NCI Thesaurus)
Three morphologic patterns are seen: cribriform, trabecular, and solid.
(Adenoid Cystic Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic variant of acinar adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland characterized by the presence of signet ring malignant cells.
(Acinar Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Signet Ring Variant, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic finding indicating the presence of neutrophils and/or eosinophils in a tissue sample.
(Acute Inflammatory Infiltrate, NCI Thesaurus)
