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mesology|mɛˈsɒlədʒɪ|
[f. Gr. µέσο-ν (neut. of µέσος middle, taken as = ‘medium’) + -logy.]
1. The science of means (of attaining happiness). Only in Bentham.
1811–31Bentham Logic App., Wks. 1843 VIII. 283/2 Then so it is that with that portion of the field of eudæmonics which is occupied by mesology, the whole field of ontology..is coincident.
2. The science of the relations between organisms and their environment.
1883Quain Dict. Med. 973 Mesology... This term, recently introduced by Bertillon, conveniently expresses the investigation of the mutual relationship existing between living beings and their surroundings.
Hence mesoˈlogical a., pertaining to mesology; meˈsologist, a student of mesology (Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895).
1886Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. III. 382/1 Grapes contain the mineral salts in variable quantity, the proportion depending on the variety of grape and on mesological conditions. |