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AMORPHOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amorphous mean?
• AMORPHOUS (adjective)
The adjective AMORPHOUS has 5 senses:
1. having no definite form or distinct shape
2. lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
3. (of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused
4. unclear because vague or badly organized
5. without real or apparent crystalline form
Familiarity information: AMORPHOUS used as an adjective is common.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having no definite form or distinct shape
Synonyms:
amorphous; formless; shapeless
Context example:
a shapeless mass of protoplasm
Similar:
unformed (not having form or shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking the system or structure characteristic of living bodies
Synonyms:
amorphous; unstructured
Similar:
inorganic (lacking the properties characteristic of living organisms)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of a group of people or an organization) unorganized or unfocused
Context example:
A mob is an amorphous crowd of people without ideals, a sum of individuals in which each lives for himself
Similar:
unstructured (lacking definite structure or organization)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Unclear because vague or badly organized
Context example:
Her vague, amorphous statement of her predicament was part of what made it so hard for her to solve it
Similar:
unclear (not clear to the mind)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Without real or apparent crystalline form
Synonyms:
amorphous; uncrystallised; uncrystallized
Context example:
amorphous structure
Similar:
noncrystalline (not crystalline)
Context examples
Elastin Microfibril Interface Located Protein, encoded by the human EMILIN gene, is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein found between amorphous elastin and microfibrils.
(Elastin Microfibril Interfacer 1, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of connective tissue consisting of an outer mantel of microfibrils and an amorphous elastin inner core capable of repetitive cycles of extension and recoil.
(Elastic Fiber, NCI Thesaurus)
A sac-like closed membranous structure that may be empty or contain fluid or amorphous material.
(Cyst, NCI Thesaurus)
Interstitial space between cells, occupied by fluid as well as amorphous and fibrous substances.
(Extracellular Space, NCI Thesaurus)
A continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container (i.e., a liquid or a gas).
(Fluid, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the Herpesviridae family and Roseolovirus genus.
(Human Herpesvirus 7, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the Herpesviridae family and Cytomegalovirus genus.
(Human Herpesvirus 5, NCI Thesaurus)
A species of enveloped and spherical viruses with a capsid with T=16 icosahedral symmetry and surrounded by amorphous tegument, in the Herpesviridae family and Simplexvirus genus.
(Human Herpesvirus 2, NCI Thesaurus)
A sheet of amorphous extracellular material upon which the basal surfaces of epithelial cells rest.
(Basilar Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the amorphous urate crystals in a biological specimen.
(Amorphous Urate Crystals Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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