morphology
/mɔːˈfɒlədʒɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)［mass noun］
1- the study of the forms of things, in particular形态学, 尤指：
1.1
- Biology the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures【生】形态学。
1.2
- Linguistics the study of the forms of words, in particular inflected forms【语言学】形态学。
派生词
morphologic
adjectivemorphological
adjectivemorphologically
adverbmorphologist
noun词源
mid 19th cent.: from Greek morphē 'form' + -LOGY.