What is a doctrine, now discarded, that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force called?
zoism — (Biol.) A doctrine, now discarded, that the phenomena of life are due to a peculiar vital principle; the theory of vital force. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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