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teleorganic
teleorganic adj. 
/ˌtɛlɪɔːˈɡanɪk/, /ˌtiliˌɔrˈɡænɪk/ now rare †(a) designating fully organic (living) matter (obsolete); of or relating to such matter (obsolete); (b) serving the ends of the organism as a whole; of or relating to the organism as a whole. [In sense (a) influenced by teleo- comb. form1.]
Brit. /ˌtiːlɪɔːˈɡanɪk/
, /ˌtiːlɪɔːˈɡanɪk//ˌtɛlɪɔːˈɡanɪk/U.S. /ˌtɛliˌɔrˈɡænɪk/
, /ˌtɛliˌɔrˈɡænɪk//ˌtiliˌɔrˈɡænɪk/ΘΚΠ
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teleorganic1853
1853 G. H. Lewes Comte's Philos. Sci. 153 Teleorganic matter is matter in that condition in which the cell, fully equipped, can, and does, perform its function.
1860 T. Laycock Mind & Brain II. vi. 443 So that the teleorganic changes taking place therein [sc. in the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres]..in the usual states coincide with conscious states.
1862 Proc. Royal Soc. Edinb. 4 188 It is the final cause of all those derivatives or correlative laws and forces of the primary forces of matter, which, operating in his body as ‘teleorganic’ laws and forces, or vital laws and forces of adaptation to ends, build up his body into an organism.
1966 B. Poole in Adv. Morphogenesis 5 95 From a teleorganic point of view, the functional capacity of a tissue is the variable that must be controlled.
1978 G. E. Gaull et al. in F. Falkner & J. M. Tanner Human Growth I. ii. 25 The schedule of enzyme development in liver has a certain teleorganic wisdom.
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