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English
Etymology
From oligo- + -morph.
Noun
oligomorph (plural oligomorphs)
- (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.