Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Organized; organic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Physiol.) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology Connected with, or becoming an
integral part of, a living unit or of themorphological framework .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek μόρφωσις ("shaping").
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Examples
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If the “left” is an abstract morphotic entity that has no form, something that is not even definable like an idea or philosphy, how can it have an “intent”?
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Left’s Strategic Mistake (?) Regarding Clarence Thomas: 2007
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A “growth factor” is about twenty small proteins that attach to specific receptors on the surface of stem cells in bone marrow and promote differentiation and maturation of these cells into morphotic constituents of blood.
MEDICARE taketh away and giveth back -sorta james gaulte 2007
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