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or•gan•i•cism



Pronunciation: (ôr-gan'u-siz"um), [key]
—n.
1. Philos.the view that some systems resemble organisms in having parts that function in relation to the whole to which they belong. Cf. holism.
2. Pathol. the doctrine that all symptoms arise from organic disease.
3. a view of society as an autonomous entity analogous to and following the same developmental pattern as a biological organism.

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