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noun
A tendency towards complexity, structure, order, organization of ever more advantageous and orderly patterns. Originally coined as a synonym for negentropy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
The coalescence of two diseases into one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
A wholesome association with others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
A formation of a series of similar parts having the same orientation (e.g., ribs, scales).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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History
By surface analysis, syn- + -tropy. First attested in 1871, in the anatomical sense.
