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morphology

n.

1. the branch of biology concerned with the forms and structures of organisms.

2. the branch of linguistics that investigates the form and structure of words. It is particularly concerned with the regular patterns of inflection and word formation in a language. With syntax, morphology is one of the two traditional subdivisions of grammar. —morphological adj.

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face recognition

face recognition

the identification of a specific face. A specialized face-recognition region in the temporal lobe has been demonstrated by brain imaging; injury to this region results in such deficits as prosopagnosia, a failure to recognize previously familiar faces.