ORGANICISM

organicism

(noun) theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

organicism (countable and uncountable, plural organicisms)

(medicine, historical) The theory that disease is a result of structural alteration of organs. [from 19th c.]

The concept that everything is organic, or forms part of an organic whole. [from 20th c.]

(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.

Anagrams

• organismic

Source: Wiktionary

Or*gan"i*cism, n. (Med.)

Definition: The doctrine of the localization of disease, or which refers it always to a material lesion of an organ. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition