clinology
clinology noun: the study of the deterioration or retrogression of an organism after maturity, especially, the correspondance of the form or function of one organism that has deteriorated due to age with the undeteriorated mature stages of degraded organisms from the same group.
Noun
clinology (uncountable)
- The study of the deterioration or retrogression of an organism after maturity, especially, the correspondance of the form or function of one organism that has deteriorated due to age with the undeteriorated mature stages of degraded organisms from the same group.
- Before proceeding to do so, however, it is advisable for me to make a few prefatory remarks on the clinology of biliary concretions.1889, “On Sounding for Gall-Stones”, in Wood's Medical and Surgical Monographs, page 854
- And yet, slowly but surely, the physical energies do seem to be taking their place in the clinology of an increasing number of disorders.1933, Charles Raymond Wiley, American Journal of Physical Therapy, volume 10, number 6
Questions about clinology
- What does clinology mean?
- Clinology means the study of the deterioration or retrogression of an organism after maturity, especially, the correspondance of the form or function of one organism that has deteriorated due to age with the undeteriorated mature stages of degraded organisms from the same group.
- What part of speech is clinology?
- Clinology is a noun.
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