System; the body regarded as an aggregate of functioning organs. [G. oikonomia, management of the house, fr. oikos, house, + nomos, usage, law]
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1) the system of operation of the processes of anabolism and catabolism in living bodies <the \economy of the cell>
2) the body of an animal or plant as an organized whole <disorganizing wide segments of the body \economy (Leonard Engel)>
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econ·o·my (e-konґə-me) [Gr. oikos house + nomos law] the management of domestic affairs.Medical dictionary. 2011.