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‘Organic’ and ‘non-organic’: a tale of two turnips

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Neurologists use the word ‘organic’ a lot. We like to think we can spot when things are ‘organic’ or indeed ‘non-organic’. But what exactly do we mean? The Oxford English… Click to show full abstract

Neurologists use the word ‘organic’ a lot. We like to think we can spot when things are ‘organic’ or indeed ‘non-organic’. But what exactly do we mean? The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) gives us eight definitions of the word organic. No wonder we get so confused by it. In the biological/medical sense it comes up with ‘ Of a part of the body: composed of distinct parts or tissues (obs.); of, relating to, or of the nature of an organ or organs. Later (Med.): producing or characterized by structural or other pathological change in an organ or organs (now esp. the brain) (cf. functional adj. 3b); not psychogenic ’.1 The chemical definition boils it right down to basics, ‘ relating to or designating compounds which exist naturally as constituents of living organisms or are formed from such substances …

Keywords: neurology; non organic; tale two; organic tale; two turnips; organic non

Journal Title: Practical Neurology
Year Published: 2017

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