English

Etymology
From Greek μο��ή (form, shape), plus λογία (collection).

Noun
en-noun|morphologi|es|-

1. countable The form and structure of something.
2. countable A description of the form and structure of something.
3. uncountable A scientific study of form and structure, usually without regard to function.
4. geology The study of the structure of rocks and landforms.
5. biology The study of the form and structure of animals and plants.
6. linguistics The study of the internal structure of words.

Related terms
micromorphology
macromorphology
morpheme
morphological
morphotactics

See also
w:morphology (linguistics)| Wikipedia article on morphology in linguistics.

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trans-top|the form and structure of something
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trans-top|a description of the form and structure of something
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trans-top|a scientific study of form and structure
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trans-top|geology
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trans-top|biology
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trans-top|linguistics
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ttbc|Chinese: 形�學 / 形�学 (xíngtàixué)
ttbc|Dutch: morfologie f
ttbc|French: morphologie f
ttbc|German: Morphologie f, Formenlehre f
ttbc|Greek: μο��ολογία (morphología) f
ttbc|Interlingua: morphologia
ttbc|Italian: morfologia f
ttbc|Japanese: 形�学 (������, keitaigaku)
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ttbc|Korean: ��� (hyeong-taehak)
ttbc|Latin: morphologia
ttbc|Lithuanian: sandara f (1), morfologija f (2,3)
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|�ا��ش�اس� (vazhe-shenasi)
ttbc|Polish: morfologia f
ttbc|Portuguese: morfologia f
ttbc|Russian: мо��ологи� (morfológija) f
ttbc|Sindhi: SDchar|صر��ات (Sarfiaat) f (3,3)
ttbc|Slovenian: oblikoslovje
ttbc|Spanish: morfología f
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