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vitalism
1. The theory, or doctrine, that life processes arise from or contain a non-material vital principle and cannot be explained entirely as physical and chemical phenomena.
2. The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.
3. A former theory that life depends on a unique force and can not be reduced to chemical and physical explanations.
2. The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.
3. A former theory that life depends on a unique force and can not be reduced to chemical and physical explanations.
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electro-vitalism
The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a related force.
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electro-, electr-, electri-
(page 91)
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vitalism
The doctrine that life is the basic realty, of which everything else is a form or manifestation.
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Philosophical Conceptions
(page 4)