holomorphic Many mathematicians prefer the term 'holomorphic function' to 'analytic function', as the latter is a more general concept. This is also because an important result in complex analysis is that every holomorphic function is complex analytic, a fact that does not follow directly from the definitions. The term 'analytic' is however also in... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1336/4