organonomy

Etymology

From organo- + -nomy.

organonomy means the biological laws regulating organic life. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The biological laws regulating organic life.“It has been proposed by some late authors to supersede the term physiology by the terms organonomy, phytonomy, zoonomy, bionomy, or some others now precisely indicative of the scope and bearings of the science; but this endless introduction, on every frivilous pretence, of new technical terms seems adapted much less to benefit, than to injure the cause of philosophy.”