before a vowel tele-, combining form repr. Gr. τέλος end (stem τελε-: cf. TELEARCH), as in TELEOLOGY and its derivatives, q.v.: also in ǁ Teleophobia [mod.L.: see -PHOBIA], an aversion or unwillingness to admit the existence of design or final causes in nature; Teleorganic a., serving the purposes of an organism; necessary to organic life (Cent. Dict., 1891). (See also TELO-1.)
