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subscience

subscience noun: a scientific discipline that forms part of a larger science.

Noun

subscience (plural subsciences)

  1. A scientific discipline that forms part of a larger science.
    • Neurology, after all, is a subscience of anatomy — the symptoms of brain disorders are directly related to the sites of lesions — yet many neurology residencies no longer require brain-cutting time.2007 September 11, Elissa Ely, M.D., “In an Age of Images, Teaching Pathology by Hand”, in New York Times

Forms of subscience

pluralsubsciences

Origin of subscience

From sub- + science.

Questions about subscience

What does subscience mean?
Subscience means a scientific discipline that forms part of a larger science.
What part of speech is subscience?
Subscience is a noun.
What is the plural of subscience?
The plural of subscience is subsciences.

Words near subscience in the dictionary

  1. subscheme
  2. subschemes
  3. subschizophrenic
  4. subschool
  5. subschools
  6. subscience
  7. subsciences
  8. subscientific
  9. subscleral
  10. subsclerotic
  11. subscope

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