morphoticadj.

Brit.

/mɔːˈfɒtɪk/, U.S.

/mɔrˈfɑdɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μορϕοῦν , -otic suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μορϕοῦν to form (see morphosis n.) + -otic suffix.

Biology and Medicine. Now rare.

Involved in the formation, development, or change in form of an organic structure; relating to or characterized by the adoption of a distinct form. Cf. morphosis n. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > organism > [adjective] > forming

organific1821

morphotic1852

1852 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 142 596 It is my desire to restrict myself chiefly to the demonstration of the corpuscular or morphotic elements of the fluids.

1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. iii. 506 Cupping and leeching..may diminish..the proportion of the morphotic elements.

1897 Science 25 June 967/1 The ordinary katabolic products of both circulating and morphotic proteids.

1927 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54 393 The considerable range of diversity in a series of young ascocarps is to be considered as a matter of morphotic modification.

1991 Compar. Biochem. & Physiol. C. 100 597 This pesticide has a haemolytic influence on the morphotic elements of the blood.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	morphotic
释义	morphoticadj. Brit. /mɔːˈfɒtɪk/, U.S. /mɔrˈfɑdɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μορϕοῦν , -otic suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek μορϕοῦν to form (see morphosis n.) + -otic suffix. Biology and Medicine. Now rare. Involved in the formation, development, or change in form of an organic structure; relating to or characterized by the adoption of a distinct form. Cf. morphosis n. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > [adjective] > forming organific1821 morphotic1852 1852 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 142 596 It is my desire to restrict myself chiefly to the demonstration of the corpuscular or morphotic elements of the fluids. 1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. iii. 506 Cupping and leeching..may diminish..the proportion of the morphotic elements. 1897 Science 25 June 967/1 The ordinary katabolic products of both circulating and morphotic proteids. 1927 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54 393 The considerable range of diversity in a series of young ascocarps is to be considered as a matter of morphotic modification. 1991 Compar. Biochem. & Physiol. C. 100 597 This pesticide has a haemolytic influence on the morphotic elements of the blood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1852
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