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Organicism
Or-gan′i-cism
,Noun.
(Med.)
The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ.
Dunglison.
Definition 2024
organicism
organicism
English
Noun
organicism (countable and uncountable, plural organicisms)
- (philosophy) The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism.
- The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs.
- (dated, medicine) The theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs.
Translations
treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism
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theory concerning the total organization of an organism
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theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs
See also
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organicism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia