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Definition of Ology
1. Noun. An informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge.
Specialized synonyms: Symbology
Definition of Ology
1. n. A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge.
Definition of Ology
1. Noun. (colloquial) Any branch of learning, especially one ending in “-logy”. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ology
1. a branch of knowledge [n -GIES]
Medical Definition of Ology
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ology
Literary usage of Ology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"... the value of the service which he has rendered to the cause of Lichen- ology
in bringing out first his large ' Text- Book ' and next his ' Guide. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... bacteriol- ology of acne, eczema, impetigo, and fa vus). Obstetrics.—One of
the most eminent obstetricians was Lukas Johann Boer of Vienna (1751-1835), ..."
3. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"... (1822,) " Delineations of Nature," (1839,) " Earth, Plante, and Man," and
other works. Died in 1852. ology successively in the Universities of Zurich, ..."
4. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1922)
"Pwt J. CALVI, BS, MD, Assistant in Laryngology, Otology and Ehin- ology.
Tie required work of this department is given in the second half of ..."
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