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amorphic, a.|eɪˈmɔːfɪk|
[f. a- 10 + -morphic, after polymorphic a., etc.]
1. = amorphous a.
1885A. B. Hervey tr. J. W. Behrens' Microsc. in Bot. v. 429 More seldom they appear as crystals or crystalline forms, or also as amorphic masses in the cell membrane or cell contents. 1987Nature 19 Nov. 253/1 The amorphic ferric oxide is synthesized by neutralizing a ferric chloride solution. 1993European Surg. Res. XXV. 184 No correlation was found between the amount or size of amorphic granules using UW.
2. Genetics. Designating, pertaining to, or characteristic of an amorph; (of a mutant or mutation) inactive.
1932H. J. Muller in Proc. 6th Internat. Congr. Genetics I. 236 This latter type of mutant may..be called ‘amorphic’. 1949Darlington & Mather Elem. Genetics vii. 152 The hypermorph is more efficient than the wild-type gene... The wild-type gene is hypomorphic to its hypermorphic mutant and amorphic to its neomorphic mutant. 1966E. A. Carlson Gene xiii. 112 Not all mutations could be interpreted by hypomorphic and amorphic activity of genes. 1989Nature 13 July 153/1 We do not know why Elp mutations predominantly affect the eye when amorphic mutations are lethal to the embryo. |