▪ I. orgaˈnonomy1
[mod. f. organo- + -o)nomy, as in astronomy, economy, etc.; but here associated in sense with νόµος law.]
The study of the laws of organic life. So ˌorganoˈnomic a., pertaining to organonomy.
| 1801 Med. Jrnl. V. 369 Elementarlehre; i.e. Elementary Doctrine of Organic Nature, by Dr. F. J. Schelver, Vol. I. Organomy. 1857 Mayne Expos. Lex., Organonomia,..a declaration of the laws which regulate the activity of the organism, or organic life: organonomy. Ibid., Organonomic. |
▪ II. orgaˈnonomy2
variant of organonymy.
| 1881 Wilder in Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. XIX. 533 The Names of the Parts—Organonomy. |