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(n.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dysteleology'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dysteleology.html. 1828.
 
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