dysteleology (disteleoloji)

[ functionle or of no use of purpose in the functionle the organe, oriturpose in the the doctrine of purposele ne . The idea is that many usele or even hurtful parts may be present in an organism in obedience to the law of heredity simply, and that such are evidences of the lack of design or purpose or "final cause" which the doctrines teleology presume. The Doctrine of Purposele ne , or Dysteleology . Haeckel, Evol. of Man (trans.), I. 109. It is no wonder that Mr. Romanes should avow his "total inability to understand why the phenomena of instinct should be more fatal to the doctrine of Dysteleology than any other of the phenomena of nature." Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XXXIX. 63. Dysteria (dis-tēʻri-a), n . [NL., hard, + τηρεῖν, watch, have an eye on, keep; cf. δυστήρητος, hard to keep.] The typical genus of Dysteriida. D. armata of Huxley, which inhabits salt water, has such a structure that it has been supposed by Go e to be a rotifer.