morphology

geography

geology

ology (the study of)

German (language)

linguistics

is concerned with the kinds of organic structures there are. Social physiology, by contrast, is concerned with the nature of the life-process and with how organic structures function in general. Development is concerned with how new types of organisms come into existence.

If we set out upon a systematic investigation of the nature of organisms and organic life there are three sets of problems presented to us. (There are, in addition, certain other sets of problems concerning aspects or characteristics of organic life with which we are not here concerned.) One is that of morphology-what kinds of organic structures are there, what similarities and variations do they show, and how can they be classified' Second are the problems of physiology-how, in general, do organic structures function, what, therefore, is the nature of the life-process' Third are the problems of development-how do new types of organisms come into existence' (R-BROWN 1935 :396)

morphology, n.Definitions

morphology