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organology|ɔːgəˈnɒlədʒɪ|
[mod. f. organo- + -logy: in F. organologie (Littré).]
1. The department of biology which treats of the organs of living beings, in reference to their structure and functions.
1842in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1856W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 108 A knowledge of the embryology or organology of the simplest plants is a necessary prelude or key to that of higher vegetables. 1861Bentley Man. Bot. 1 Organology or Physiological Botany; this treats of plants, and their organs, in a state of life or action.
2. The study of the supposed organs of the mental faculties, etc. indicated by regions of the cranium (see organ n.1 5 c); phrenology.
1814T. Forster (title) Essay on the application of the Organology of the Brain to Education. 1836–7Sir W. Hamilton Metaph. App. (1870) I. 407 The organology of Gall and his followers. 1880Bastian Brain xxv. 518 The use of this convolutional grey matter being altogether differently estimated by the Phrenologist from what it is at present, their ‘System’ was devised, and their organology defined with no special reference thereto.
3. The study of anything as an organ or means.
1840De Quincey Style Wks. 1860 XI. 201 The science of style, as an organ of thought, of style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 377.
4. The study of the history of musical instruments.
1959Times Lit. Suppl. 17 July 428/4 More specialized aspects of ‘organology’ (to use the term proper to the study of old instruments) formed the topics of the fifteen papers read by members of the Galpin Society. 1960Times 18 Mar. 4/6 Organology..pursues one branch of ethnomusicology, the comparative study of instruments as they are found in the various communities. 1971Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Nov. 1453/5 (Advt.), Studies in keyboard organology. 1977Early Music July 405/2 Only one thing is lacking to help the student of organology: a photograph of each instrument.
So ˌorganoˈlogical a. [in F. organologique], relating to organology; orgaˈnologist, one versed in organology.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Organological. 1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 2 Special Anatomy takes for its object the organological composition of the animal body. 1869J. Hunt in Eng. Mech. 19 Mar. 578/1 Bonnet must..be considered as an organologist. 1976Early Music July 293/1 Munrow's emphasis on the musical use of instruments reflects a refreshing and welcome new departure in organological studies. 1976Jrnl. Amer. Mus. Instrument Soc. II. 120 He must be counted among the finest organologists of our generation. |