Bī-ŏl'o-gy, n.

n. [Fr. biologie, from Gr. βίος, life, and λόγος, discourse.] The science of life; that part of physiology which treats of life in general, or of the different forces of life.

☞ This term is now also applied to a theory based on the assumption that there is a life-force, called either magnetic or odylic force, which obeys laws analogous to those of magnetism, and through which one individual may by manipulation, or by a simple action of his will or mind under certain conditions, control the mental states and actions of another individual. Dana.