Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Scientific description of the organs of living things.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In biology, the study of organs and their relations; a description of the organs of plants and animals; descriptive organology.
- noun In music, the scientific description of musical instruments.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A description of the organs of animals or plants.
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- noun The scientific description of the
structure andfunction of theorgans of living organisms.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The _De Partibus Animalium_ becomes in form a comparative organography, but the emphasis is always on function and community of function.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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When his father retired in 1826 he was made professor of agricultural botany at the Jardin des Plantes; in 1845 he was made professor of organography of plants at the university.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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He published numerous treatises on botanical subjects, = = = discussing questions of system, organography, physiology, plant geography, and palæontology = = = in various periodicals, chiefly in the "Giornale botanico Italiano" (1844 -), which he founded.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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To any contemplating the study of histology and organography we would commend this work. "
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