Morphology

n. study of form and structure; science which deals with structure and form of plants and animals (Biology); study of the form and structure of word formation (Linguistics)

Morphology may mean:Morphology (general), the study of the shape and form of things in general.Morphology (linguistics), the study of the structure and content of word forms.Morphology (biology) is the study of the form or shape of an organism or part thereof.Morphology (astronomy) is the shape of an astronomical object, like nebulae, galaxies, or other extended objects.Morphology (folkloristics), the structure of narratives such as folk tales.Morphology (architecture), the study of the shape and form of buildings.Morphology (metallurgy), the study of the microstructure of metals.
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Noun
1. the branch of biology that deals with the structure of animals and plants
(hypernym) biology, biological science
(hyponym) anatomy, general anatomy
2. studies of the rules for forming admissible words
(hypernym) grammar
(hyponym) inflectional morphology, accidence
3. the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
(synonym) sound structure, syllable structure, word structure
(hypernym) structure
(hyponym) affixation
4. the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms
(synonym) geomorphology
(hypernym) geophysics, geophysical science
(hyponym) tectonics, plate tectonics, plate tectonic theory

(n.)
That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.
  

Literally, the study of form (structure). It is also the form itself.