(n) medical care of the whole person considered as subject to personal and social as well as organic factors, Example:holistic medicine treats the mind as well as the body
(n) the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole, Syn. holistic theory, Ant. atomism, Example:holism holds that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts; holistic theory has been applied to ecology and language and mental states
[格式塔, gé shì tǎㄍㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄊㄚˇ] Gestalt (loan); coherent whole; technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts; holistic; integrated; total
[格斯塔, Gé sī tǎㄍㄜˊ ㄙ ㄊㄚˇ] Gestalt (loan); coherent whole; technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts; holistic; integrated; total; also written 格式塔, See Also: 格式塔