oligomorph

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English

Etymology

From oligo- +‎ -morph.

Noun

oligomorph (plural oligomorphs)

  1. (biology, very rare) Any oligomorphic organism.
    • 1972, Sergius Alexander Wilde, Soil and plant analysis for tree culture:
      The height-diameter ratio provides an important external characteristic of nursery stock and enables its classification into "megamorphs", "mesomorphs" and "oligomorphs".
    • 2012 September 25, Pernille B. Jørgensen, “Epstein-Barr virus Peptide Presented by HLA-E is Predominantly Recognized by CD8bright Cells in multiple Sclerosis Patients”, in PLOS ONE:
      HLA-E is oligomorph with few alleles, and the presentation of peptide on HLA-E may serve different purposes.