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gans and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.

The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

Crystallography of organic forms; -- a division of morphology created by Haeckel. It is essentially stereometric, and relates to a mathematical conception of organic forms. See Tectology.

y, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology.

fferent in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.

In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology.

Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology. -- Mor`pho*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One who is versed in the science of morphology.

t branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the organs of animals and plants. See Morphology.

Relating to promorphology; as, a promorphological conception.

One versed in the science of promorphology.

A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See Promorphology, and Morphon.…