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stoicheiology, stœchiology rare.|stɔɪkaɪˈɒlədʒɪ|, |stiːkɪˈɒlədʒɪ| [f. Gr. στοιχεῖο-ν element + -logy. Orig. ad. the G. form stöchiologie.] The science of elements. a. In Oken's use: see quot.
1847A. Tulk tr. Oken's Elem. Physiophilos. 68 Stöchiology. Functions of the Elements. 1860R. Fowler Med. Vocab., Stœchiology, a treatise on, or the theory of, elementary substances. b. Logic. (See quot.)
1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Logic v. (1860) I. 72 We proceed to the doctrines which make up the science itself, and commence the First Great Division of Pure Logic—that which treats of its elementary or constituent processes,—Stoicheiology. Ibid. xxiv. II. 3 In its Stoicheiology or Doctrine of Elements, Logic considers the conditions of possible thought. c. Phys. The study of the principles of animal tissues; a system of therapeutics based on this.
1875J. F. Churchill Consumption x. 385 My doctrine of stœchiology is diametrically opposed to this. Hence stoicheioˈlogical, stœchioˈlogical a.
1875J. F. Churchill Consumption x. 384 Stœchiological medicine—Inhalants. Ibid. 391 This stœchiological doctrine..gives us a fundamental classification of diseases. |