| ETHOLOGY | • ethology n. (Zoology) The scientific study of human and animal behaviour. • ethology n. (Obsolete) The study of the human ethos. • ETHOLOGY n. the study of animal behaviour. |
| ANTHOLOGY | • anthology n. A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors. • anthology n. (Attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another. • anthology n. (By extension) An assortment of things. |
| LITHOLOGY | • lithology n. (Uncountable) The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification. • lithology n. (Countable) The general composition of a rock or rock sequence. • LITHOLOGY n. the study of rocks. |
| MYTHOLOGY | • mythology n. (Countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people… • mythology n. (Countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution. • mythology n. (Countable and uncountable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe. |
| PATHOLOGY | • pathology n. The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually… • pathology n. Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation. • PATHOLOGY n. the study of diseases or abnormalities or, more particularly, of the changes in tissues or organs that are associated with disease. |
| ORNITHOLOGY | • ornithology n. The branch of zoology that deals with the scientific study of birds. • ORNITHOLOGY n. the study of birds. |
| ZOOPATHOLOGY | • zoopathology n. Animal pathology; veterinary pathology. • zoöpathology n. Alternative form of zoopathology. • ZOOPATHOLOGY n. the study of animal diseases. |
| AEROLITHOLOGY | • aerolithology n. The study of meteorites. • AEROLITHOLOGY n. the study of aerolites. |
| CYTOPATHOLOGY | • cytopathology n. (Cytology, pathology) The branch of pathology that deals with abnormalities of cells. • CYTOPATHOLOGY n. the study of cells in illness. |
| HELMINTHOLOGY | • helminthology n. (Zoology) The branch of zoology related to the study of helminths (parasitic worms). • HELMINTHOLOGY n. the study of parasitic worms. |
| NEUROETHOLOGY | • neuroethology n. The study of animal behavior and its underlying control by the nervous system. • NEUROETHOLOGY n. the description of features of animal behaviour in terms of the mechanisms of the nervous system. |
| HISTOPATHOLOGY | • histopathology n. (Biology) The microscopic study of tissue, especially of abnormal tissue as a result of disease. • HISTOPATHOLOGY n. the study of the effects of disease on tissues. |
| NEUROPATHOLOGY | • neuropathology n. Neural pathology: The pathology of the nervous system, usually and especially in the sense of its cytopathology… • NEUROPATHOLOGY n. pathology of the nervous system. |
| PALEOPATHOLOGY | • paleopathology n. The study of ancient diseases. • paleopathology n. (Countable) Any ancient disease itself. • PALEOPATHOLOGY n. a branch of pathology concerned with ancient diseases as evidenced esp. in fossil or other remains. |
| PHYTOPATHOLOGY | • phytopathology n. The study of plant diseases; plant pathology. • PHYTOPATHOLOGY n. plant pathology. |
| IMMUNOPATHOLOGY | • immunopathology n. (Medicine) The branch of immunology that studies the relation of the immune system to disease; a disease… • IMMUNOPATHOLOGY n. the study of immunity to disease. |
| PALAEOPATHOLOGY | • palaeopathology n. Alternative form of paleopathology. • PALAEOPATHOLOGY n. the pathological study of the ancient remains of animals and humans. |
| PHYSIOPATHOLOGY | • physiopathology n. Pathophysiology: the physiological processes associated with disease or injury, or the study thereof. • PHYSIOPATHOLOGY n. a branch of biology or medicine that combines physiology and pathology esp. in the study of altered bodily function in disease. |
| PSYCHOPATHOLOGY | • psychopathology n. (Medicine, pathology) The study of the origin, development, diagnosis and treatment of mental and behavioural… • psychopathology n. (Countable) A mental or behavioral disorder. • PSYCHOPATHOLOGY n. the study of mental illness. |