Organology

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Organology \Or`ga*nol"o*gy\, n. [Organ + -logy: cf. F.
     organologie.]
     1. The science of organs or of anything considered as an
        organic structure.
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              The science of style, as an organ of thought, of
              style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might
              be called the organology of style.    --De Quincey.
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     2. That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the
        organs of animals and plants. See {Morphology}.
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