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noun- The scientific study of the anatomy and physiology of the organs of animals or plants. Also: The study of the structure, history, and use of musical instruments.

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  • In 1695, James Talbot, the scholar to whom modern organology owes so much, describes the tuning of the angélique.
  • New Orleans in the old organology, giving him six lessons in exchange for his instructions in Spanish.
  • These primal laws are easily comprehended, and their application to the brain removes all the perplexing complexity of organology.
  • The suggestion cannot be too often repeated that the nomenclature of cerebral organology can never adequately express the functions of the organs.
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