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or·gone (ôrgōn′)

noun

a postulated energy permeating the universe, the personal supply of which an individual suffering from various emotional or physical ills can allegedly replenish by sitting in a small special cabinet (orgone box) in which this energy is supposed to accumulate

Etymology: coined by W. Reich (1897-1957), Austrian psychiatrist in the U.S., prob. < org(asm) + -one, as in ozone

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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