adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework. not-comparable

   "morphotic, or tissue, proteids"

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formalformativeplastic

Example

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"Potassium sulphocyanate is present, but morphotic elements are absent"

Etymology

Ancient Greek μόρφωσις (mórphōsis, “shaping”).

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