bionomy

[bahy-on-uh-mee] /baɪˈɒn ə mi/

noun

physiology.

ecology.

Origin of bionomy

bio- + -nomy

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I proposed long ago to call this special part of biology œcology (the science of home-relations), or bionomy.

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