Medical term:

teleonomy

tel·e·on·o·my

(tel'ē-on'ŏ-mē),

The doctrine that life is characterized by endowment with a project or purpose; that is, the existence in an organism of a structure or function implies that it has had evolutionary survival value.

[G. telos, end, + nomos, law]

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teleonomy

(tĕl″ē-ŏn′ō-mē) [″ + nomos, law]

The concept that, in an organism or animal, the existence of a structure, capability, or function indicates that it had survival value.

teleonomic (tĕl″ē-ō-nŏm′ĭk), adjective

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