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Definition of Bionomy

1. n. Physiology.

Definition of Bionomy

1. Noun. physiology ¹

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Definition of Bionomy

1. ecology [n -MIES] : BIONOMIC [adj] - See also: ecology

Medical Definition of Bionomy

1. The study of how living organisms function. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bionomy

Literary usage of Bionomy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste COMTE, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"to which we may give the name bionomy, as the end and aim of the whole set of studies, evidently admits of no analogous subdivision. ..."

2. The Physiology of Plants: A Treatise Upon the Metabolism and Sources of by Wilhelm Pfeffer (1900)
"... and its relations with, and adaptations to, its dead and living, organic and inorganic surroundings, may be termed plant economy or bionomy^. ..."

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