morphotic
English
editEtymology
editAncient Greek μόρφωσις (mórphōsis, “shaping”).
Adjective
editmorphotic (not comparable)
- (biology) Connected with, or becoming an integral part of, a living unit or of the morphological framework.
- morphotic, or tissue, proteids
- 1878, Sir Michael Foster, A Text Book of Physiology:
- Potassium sulphocyanate is present, but morphotic elements are absent
References
edit“morphotic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.