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morpho-

before vowels morph-, word-forming element of Greek origin meaning "form, shape," from Greek morphē "form, shape; beauty, outward appearance," a word of uncertain etymology.

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morphodite (n.)

1839, colloquial mangling of hermaphrodite based on morpho-. An earlier mangling was mophrodite (1706); also see dyke.

morphogenesis (n.)

1863 in biology, "the production of the form or shape of an organism," from German (by 1844); see  morpho- "form" + -genesis "birth, origin, creation." By 1958 in geology, "the formation of landscapes." Related: Morphogenetic.

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morphia

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morphogeny

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