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I've been looking for this for like a month. It's vital to something I'm writing up for Bernd & I'm at a loss. I asked Rob, but he's not looked at his PMs, so...
There's a word...it's the name of a specific branch of sciences, like ergonomics or kinesthesiology & that shit. But this is the sciences, the study...of how organisms act as a whole, how the different parts move together, grow, learn, & evolve to a better form. It's not evolution...the closest I could find is "homeostatics," which is almost it...but not quite.
Any ideas?
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homoschientiststupdzhink?
(That's stupid scientist crap translated from German to English to Russian with letters removed!!!)
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Homeostasis would be a just a static equlibirum within an organism, if you want something that is changing and evolving...hmmm
The closest I can think of would be Systems Design Engineering as in Sysdee
But that would only be for artificial systems. Or there's the von Neumann machine. Hmmm.
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Well...without giving away too much...it does need to encompass artificial & biological concepts.
The problem is that homeostasis (which is actually a process, the field would be homeostatics) isn't quite right. I can always coin a term if I have to...but if there's an existing one that I can use, I'd prefer it.
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quote: Main Entry: cy�ber�net�ics Pronunciation: "sI-b&r-'ne-tiks Function: noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: Greek kybernEtEs pilot, governor (from kybernan to steer, govern) + English -ics Date: 1948 : the science of communication and control theory that is concerned especially with the comparative study of automatic control systems (as the nervous system and brain and mechanical-electrical communication systems)
Part of what you seem to want is physiology, which is how an organism functions, but then you have how the part about evolving. The only existing science I know that studies how physiology changes over time might be evolutionary biology, so how about "evolutionary physiology" or "physioevolution"?
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phy�log�e�ny Pronunciation Key (f-lj-n) n. pl. phy�log�e�nies The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms. Also called phylogenesis. The evolutionary development of an organ or other part of an organism: the phylogeny of the amphibian intestinal tract. The historical development of a tribe or racial group.
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unless you are on the Voyager writing staff, in which case i'd suggest interecophasology or isotransbiotology
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Phylogeny seems to work quite well...but I'll need to qualify it with a modifier. Thanks, Gurg!
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"a fundamental understanding of how bodies as a whole, as well as tissues and cells, work (cell physiology, histology)."
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