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morphology
[mor″fol´o-je]1. the science of the form and structure of organisms.
2. the form and structure of a particular organism, organ, tissue, or cell. adj., adj morpholog´ic.
mor·phol·o·gy
(mōr-fol'ō-jē), Avoid the jargonistic use of this word as a synonym of form or appearance.The science concerned with the configuration or the structure of animals and plants.
[morpho- + G. logos, study]
morphology
(môr-fŏl′ə-jē)n. pl. morpholo·gies
a. The branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of organisms without consideration of function.
b. The form and structure of an organism or one of its parts: the morphology of a cell; the morphology of vertebrates.
mor′pho·log′i·cal (-fə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl), mor′pho·log′ic adj.
mor′pho·log′i·cal·ly adv.
mor·phol′o·gist n.
morphology
LinguisticsThe formal study of morphemes.
Science
The science of the form and structure of organisms—plants, animals and other forms of life.
Vox populi
The appearance or shape of a thing.
anemia
Hematology A condition characterized by ↓ RBCs or Hb in the blood, resulting in ↓ O2 in peripheral tissues Clinical Fatigability, pallor, palpitations, SOB; anemias are divided into various groups based on cause–eg, iron deficiency anemia, megaloblastic anemia–due to ↓ vitamin B12 or folic acid, or aplastic anemia–where RBC precursors in BM are 'wiped out'. See Anemia of chronic disease, Anemia of investigation, Anemia of prematurity, Aplastic anemia, Arctic anemia, Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Cloverleaf anemia, Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, Dilutional anemia, Dimorphic anemia, Drug-induced immune hemolytic anemia, Fanconi anemia, Hemolytic anemia, Idiopathic sideroblastic anemia, Immune anemia, Iron-deficiency anemia, Juvenile pernicious anemia, Macrocytic anemia, Megaloblastic anemia, Microcytic anemia, Myelophthisic anemia, Neutropenic colitis with aplastic anemia, Nonimmune hemolytic anemia, Pseudoanemia, Refractory anemia with excess blasts, Sickle cell anemia, Sideroblastic anemia, Sports anemia.General groups of anemia
- Morphology
- Macrocytic
- Megaloblastic anemia
- Vitamin B12deficiency
- Folic acid deficiency
- Microcytic hypochromic
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- Iron-deficiency anemia
- Hereditary defects
- Sickle cell anemia
- Thalassemia
- Other hemoglobinopathies
- Normocytic
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- Acute blood loss
- Hemolysis
- BM failure
- Anemia of chronic disease
- Renal failure
- Etiology
- Deficiency
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- Iron
- Vitamin B12
- Folic acid
- Pyridoxine
- Central–due to BM failure
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- Anemia of chronic disease
- Anemia of senescence
- Malignancy
- BM replacement by tumor
- Toxicity due to chemotherapy
- Primary BM malignancy, eg leukemia
- Peripheral
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- Hemorrhage
- Hemolysis
mor·phol·o·gy
(mōr-fol'ŏ-jē)The science concerned with the configuration or the structure of animals and plants.
[morpho- + G. logos, study]
morphology
the study of the shape, general appearance or form of an organism, as distinct from ANATOMY which involves dissection to discover structure.Morphology
Literally, the study of form. In medicine, morphology refers to the size, shape and structure rather than the function of a given organ. As a diagnostic imaging technique, ultrasound facilitates the recognition of abnormal morphologies as symptoms of underlying conditions.
Mentioned in: Abdominal Ultrasound, Semen Analysis
mor·phol·o·gy
(mōr-fol'ŏ-jē)The science concerned with the configuration or the structure of animals and plants.
[morpho- + G. logos, study]