morphology
Study of forms
Morphology is the study of form and structure.
In biology, it refers to the physical shape and arrangement of organisms or their parts: the morphology of a cell, the morphology of flowering plants.
In linguistics, morphology examines how words are built from smaller meaningful units—prefixes, suffixes, and roots.
The word extends to any field analyzing structural forms: urban morphology, the morphology of crystals.
Word-part modifier
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- stemPlant's central axis
- suffixWord-ending addition
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
infix · inflection · derivation · compounding · agglutination · declension · conjugation · bound
Study of organism structure
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
- cytologyStudy of cells
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- embryologyStudy of prenatal development
organism · structure · form · tissue · cell · organ · specimen · adaptation
Natural terrain feature
- terrainLand's physical features
- erosionGradual wearing away
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
drainage · watershed · geomorphology · weathering · deposition · fluvial · glacial · karst
Systematic grouping by traits
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- familyRelated people together
order · class · phylum · cladistics · systematics · nomenclature · clade · taxon
affix
Word-part modifier
prefix · infix · inflection · derivation · compounding · agglutination · declension · conjugation · bound · free
anatomy
Study of organism structure
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
- cytologyStudy of cells
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
embryology · organism · structure · form · tissue · cell · organ · specimen · adaptation · phenotype
landform
Natural terrain feature
- terrainLand's physical features
- erosionGradual wearing away
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
sediment · drainage · watershed · geomorphology · weathering · deposition · fluvial · glacial · karst · tectonic
classification
Systematic grouping by traits
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
family · order · class · phylum · cladistics · systematics · nomenclature · clade · taxon · lineage
- languagelanguage, word, words, grammar, spelling
- Language & Wordstranslation, etymology, grammar, vocabulary, phonetics
- language learningvocabulary lists, lessons, acquisition, basic vocabulary, grammar books
- language termsgrammar, word, vocabulary, syntax, synonym
- literature and languagepoetry, prose, fiction, grammar, syntax
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
morphologyphysiology
Science of bodily functions
function · dynamics · behavior · metabolism · process
morphological, morphologic, morphologies, morphologically, morphologist