Subscience

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A scientific discipline that forms part of a larger science.

    "Neurology, after all, is a subscience of anatomy — the symptoms of brain disorders are directly related to the sites of lesions — yet many neurology residencies no longer require brain-cutting time."

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"Neurology, after all, is a subscience of anatomy — the symptoms of brain disorders are directly related to the sites of lesions — yet many neurology residencies no longer require brain-cutting time."

Etymology

From sub- + science.

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