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Tectology

Tec-tol′o-gy

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a carpenter +
-logy
.]
(Biol.)
A division of morphology created by Haeckel; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual. See
Promorphology
, and
Morphon
.

Definition 2024


tectology

tectology

English

Noun

tectology (uncountable)

  1. (biology) A Haeckelian division of morphology; the science of organic individuality constituting the purely structural portion of morphology, in which the organism is regarded as composed of organic individuals of different orders, each organ being considered an individual.

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