holism /hol·ism/ (hōl´izm) the conception of man as a functioning whole.holis´tic
holism
holism (hōˑ·li·z
m),
holism
ho·lism (h  l z  m)n. 1. The theory that living matter or reality is made up of organic or unified wholes that are greater than the simple sum of their parts. 2. A holistic investigation or system of treatment. ho·lis tic (h-lstk) adj. |
holism
[hō′lizəm]
Etymology: Gk, holos, whole
a philosophic concept in which an entity is seen as more than the sum of its parts. Holism is prominent in current approaches to psychology; biology; nursing; medicine; and other scientific, sociologic, and educational fields of study and practice. Also spelled wholism.
holism (hōˑ·li·z
m),n 1. the characteristic of being whole, complete, interconnected, indivisible, ordered. In medicine the concept is used to address the entire individual and context rather than focusing only on a part or diagnosis.
2. in biology, the concept according to which the sum of a phenomenon or system cannot be measured, reduced, or observed at the level below that of the entire system.
2. in biology, the concept according to which the sum of a phenomenon or system cannot be measured, reduced, or observed at the level below that of the entire system.
holism
Psychiatry An approach to the study of the individual in totality, rather than as an aggregate of separate physiologic, psychologic, and social characteristics
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