morphotic
/mɔːˈfɒtɪk/Biology and Medicine. Now rare
adjective
Involved in the formation, development, or change in form of an organic structure; relating to or characterized by the adoption of a distinct form.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From ancient Greek μορϕοῦν to form + -otic.
- carbon debt
- carbon dioxide
- carbon dioxide snow
- carbon disulfide
- carbon disulphide
- carbon emission
- carbon fibre
- carbon fixation
- carbon footprint
- carbon-free
- carbonic
- carbonic acid
- carbonic acid gas
- carbonic acid snow
- carbonic anhydrase
- carbonic oxide
- carbonic snow
- Carboniferous
- Carboniferous limestone
- carbonification
- carbonify
- carbonisable
- carbonise
- carbonite
- carbonitride