[ See Organ. ] A combining form denoting relation to, or connection with, an organ or organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Organo- + -gen. ] (Chem.) A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially characteristic ingredients of organic compounds; also, by extension, to other elements sometimes found in the same connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Organo- + genesis. ] 1. (Biol.) The origin and development of organs in animals and plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The germ history of the organs and systems of organs, -- a branch of morphogeny. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to organogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Organogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. organographique. ] Of or pertaining to organography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in organography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Organo- + -graphy: cf. F. organographie. ] A description of the organs of animals or plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. organoleptique, fr. Gr. &unr_; an organ + &unr_; to lay hold of. ] (Physiol.) Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to organology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Organ + -logy: cf. F. organologie. ] 1. The science of organs or of anything considered as an organic structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That branch of biology which treats, in particular, of the organs of animals and plants. See Morphology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of a series of compounds of certain metallic elements bound to organic radicals; such as, methylmercury, zinc methyl, sodium ethyl, etc.; formerly refered to as metalorganic. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Organo- + Gr.&unr_;, for &unr_;, a name. ] (Biol.) The designation or nomenclature of organs. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Organo- + Gr. &unr_; clan. ] (Biol.) The tribal history of organs, -- a branch of morphophyly. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Organo- + -plastic. ] (Biol.) Having the property of producing the tissues or organs of animals and plants; as, the organoplastic cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Organo- + -scopy. ] Phrenology. Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Organo- + Gr. &unr_; to nourish. ] (Biol.) Relating to the creation, organization, and nutrition of living organs or parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ NL. organon, L. organum. See Organ. ] An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title (“Novum Organon”) of part of his treatise on philosophical method. Sir. W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Phono-, and Organon. ] A speaking machine. [ 1913 Webster ]