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holism [2 records]

Record 1 2012-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
DEF

The principle that an organism is not equal to the sum of its parts and must be studied as a whole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
DEF

Théorie selon laquelle l'organisme est un tout indivisible différent de la somme de ses composantes (physique, physiologique, psychique).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
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Record 2 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

The view that the whole of a complex system such as a cell or organism, is functionally greater than the sum of its parts.

OBS

Also a view of organizations in which the organization is viewed as a functioning whole; a change in any element of the system will thus change the entire system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

[...] tendance de l'univers à construire des unités de complication croissante : matière inerte, matière vivante, matière vivante et pensante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

Teoría según la cual todos los entes físicos y biológicos forman parte de un sistema, cuya totalidad es mayor que la suma de las partes que lo componen.

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