| ANTHROPOGONY | • anthropogony n. Synonym of anthropogenesis. • ANTHROPOGONY n. the study of the origins of human beings, also ANTHROPOGENESIS. |
| ANTHROPOLOGY | • anthropology n. The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method. • ANTHROPOLOGY n. the science of human beings. |
| ODONTOGRAPHY | • odontography n. A scientific description of the teeth. • ODONTOGRAPHY n. a description or history of teeth. |
| PALEONTOLOGY | • paleontology n. (American spelling) Study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially… • PALEONTOLOGY n. the study of fossils, also PALAEONTOLOGY. |
| PATHOBIOLOGY | • pathobiology n. (Biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than… • pathobiology n. (Medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease). • pathobiology n. (Medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology. |
| PHOTOBIOLOGY | • photobiology n. The study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes. • PHOTOBIOLOGY n. the study of the effects of light on organisms. |
| PHOTOCOPYING | • photocopying v. Present participle of photocopy. • photocopying n. The process by which photocopies are made. • PHOTOCOPYING n. the act of making a photocopy. |
| PHOTOGEOLOGY | • photogeology n. The use of aerial photography to interpret geologic features. • PHOTOGEOLOGY n. a branch of geology concerned with the identification and study of geological features through the study of aerial or orbital photographs. |
| POLYGLOTTOUS | • polyglottous adj. (Rare) Speaking many languages; polyglot. • POLYGLOTTOUS adj. like a polyglot, also POLYGLOTTAL, POLYGLOTTIC. |
| POSTVAGOTOMY | • postvagotomy adj. (Medicine) After a vagotomy. • POSTVAGOTOMY adj. following a vagotomy. |
| PROTISTOLOGY | • protistology n. (Biology) The scientific study of protists. • PROTISTOLOGY n. the study of protists. |
| PROTOZOOLOGY | • protozoology n. The study of protozoa. • protozoology n. The study of protists. • PROTOZOOLOGY n. the study of protozoans. |
| SYMPTOMOLOGY | • symptomology n. (Informal) symptomatology. • SYMPTOMOLOGY n. the science of symptoms. |
| ZOOPATHOLOGY | • zoopathology n. Animal pathology; veterinary pathology. • zoöpathology n. Alternative form of zoopathology. • ZOOPATHOLOGY n. the study of animal diseases. |
| ZOOPHYTOLOGY | • zoophytology n. The natural history of zoophytes. • zoöphytology n. Archaic spelling of zoophytology. • ZOOPHYTOLOGY n. the study of zoophytes, plantlike animals. |