subscience

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noun

A scientific discipline that forms part of a larger science.

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Meanings

nounsubscience (plural subsciences)

plural subsciences

  1. A scientific discipline that forms part of a larger science.

    Neurology, after all, is a subscience of anatomy — the symptoms of brain disorders are directly related to the sites of lesions — yet many neurology residencies no longer require brain-cutting time.

    2007 September 11, Elissa Ely, M.D., “In an Age of Images, Teaching Pathology by Hand”, in New York Times

Origin

From sub- + science.

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APA

subscience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subscience

MLA

“subscience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subscience. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subscience,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subscience.

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