A set of beliefs, teachings, methods, etc. [O. E. scol]
- biometrical s. a group of British geneticists, followers of Galton and Karl Pearson, whose approach to genetics was quantitative rather than enumerative.
- iatromathematical s. a group of academicians, of whom Descartes was one of the foremost proponents, who maintained that all physiologic processes were the result of physical laws. SYN: mechanistic s..
- mechanistic s. SYN: iatromathematical s..
Medical dictionary. 2011.