Dysteleology

[disteli'ɔlәdʒi]

解释:

(n.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.

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解释:

n. the doctrine of purposelessness or denial of 'final causes:' the study of apparently functionless rudimentary organs in animals and plants.—adj. Dysteleolog′ical.—n. Dysteleol′ogist.

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