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Definition of Organicism
1. Noun. Theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes.
Category relationships: Holism, Holistic Theory
Derivative terms: Organicistic
Definition of Organicism
1. n. The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ.
Definition of Organicism
1. Noun. (philosophy) The treatment of society or the universe as if it were an organism ¹
2. Noun. The theory that the total organization of an organism is more important than the functioning of its individual organs ¹
3. Noun. (dated medicine) The theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs ¹
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Definition of Organicism
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Medical Definition of Organicism
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