A[edit]

Synonyms

-ology Word Description

Alternative spelling
s

The study of inanimate, inorganic, or lifeless

abiology
things.

The study of cactus spines or euphorbia thorns

acanthochronology
grown in time ordered sequence.

The study of spined things, in particular sea

acanthology
urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy.

acarology The study of mites and ticks.

The systematic analysis of word or phrase stress

accentology
and accentuation in language.

aceology The science of remedies or therapeutics.  iamatology

The science of medical remedies, Materia
acology
Medica.
The study
acridology of grasshoppers and locusts (infraorder Acridide
a).
acropathology The study of diseases affecting limbs.
The study of the effects of radiation upon living
actinobiology
organisms.
actinology The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
acyrology† The incorrect use of language.  cacology
The branch of medicine dealing with the
adenology development, structure, function, and diseases
of glands.
aedoeology The study of human genitalia.
A branch of biology that studies organic
particles, such as bacteria, fungal spores, very
aerobiology
small insects, pollen grains and viruses, which
are passively transported by the air.
aerolithology The study of meteorites.
The study of geological features by aerial
aerogeology
observation and aerophotography.
1. The branch of meteorology involving the
observation of the atmosphere by
means of balloons, airplanes, etc.
aerology  meteorology
2. The study of the air and of the
atmosphere; used in the US Navy until
early 1957.
 The study of pollen grains and spores
aeropalynology
(palynomorphs) in the atmosphere.
1. The establishment of a cause, origin, or
reason for something. 3.
2. The study of causes or causation.
aetiology
3. The study or investigation of the causes  etiology
of disease; a scientific explanation for  ætiology
the origin of a disease.
agathology The science or theory of the good or goodness.
The branch of medical science that studies
agmatology
fractures.
The study of things of which humans are by  agniology
agnoiology nature ignorant, or of things which cannot be
 agnoeology
known.
The study of culturally induced ignorance or
agnotology doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate  agnatology
or misleading scientific data.
The comparative study of primitive, illiterate or
agriology
"savage" cultures.
The science of plant nutrition and growth in
agrobiology relation to soil conditions, especially to
determine ways to increase crop yields.
The study of meteorological, climatological, and
hydrological conditions which are significant for
agroclimatology
agriculture owing to their interaction with the
objects and process of agriculture production.
The study of ecological processes that operate
agroecology
in agricultural production systems.
The study of the origins of minerals known
agrogeology
as agrominerals and their applications.
1. The science and art of agriculture.
2. A sub-discipline of soil science which
addresses optimizing crop production
(common usage, not acceptable to soil
agrology scientists) 4.
3. A sub-discipline of agronomy which
addresses the influence
of edaphic conditions on crop
production.
The study of weather and use of weather and
climate information to enhance or expand
agrometeorology
agricultural crops and/or to increase crop
production.
The scientific study of the grasses
agrostology  graminology
(family Poaceae).
The application of modern technology to
agrotechnology
agriculture.
 etiology
aitiology 1. The study of causation, or origination.
 aetiology
 2. The causes of diseases or pathologies.  ætiology
(medicine)

Interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that

Albanology addresses the language, costume, literature, art,
culture and history of Albanians.

alethiology The study of the nature of truth or aletheia.  alethology

1. The medical treatment of pain as
algology practiced in Greece and Turkey. 2. phycology
2. The branch of botany dealing with algae.
alimentology The study of nutrition.
The study of the causes and treatment
allergology
of allergies.
alphabetology The study of alphabetic systems of writing.
The branch of zoology that deals with the
amphibiology
class Amphibia.
A situation where a sentence may be interpreted
amphibology† in more than one way due to ambiguous  amphiboly
sentence structure.
The branch of medicine dealing with
the prosthetic rehabilitation of an absent,
anaplastology
disfigured or malformed anatomically critical
location of the face or body.
The study of how people throughout history have
anarcheology[a] progressed and thrived with limited government
(minarchy) or with no government at all.
anatripsology The study of friction as a remedy in medicine.
The medical specialty that deals with male
health, particularly relating to the problems of
andrology the male reproductive
system and urological problems that are unique
to men.
anemology The study of wind.
anesthesiology The study of anesthesia and anesthetics.
angelology The study of angels.
The study of the anatomy
angiology
of blood and lymph vascular systems.
angiopathology The pathology of diseased blood vessels.
antapology† The reply to an apology.
The branch of ecology that studies the
anthoecology
relationship of flowers to their environment.
A published collection of poems or other pieces
anthology†
of writing.
The study of the biologic relationships of
anthropobiology  bioanthropology
humans as a species.
 The holistic scientific and social study of
anthropology humanity, mainly using ethnography as its
method.
anthropomorpholog
The attribution of human characteristics to God.
y†
The anthropological and sociological study of
anthroposociology race as a means of establishing the superiority
of certain peoples.
The study of the interactions between humans
anthrozoology
and animals.
antitechnology† A philosophy opposing technology.
The study of linguistic
aphasiology problems or aphasias resulting from brain
damage.
aphnology The study of wealth.  plutology
apicology The study of honey bee ecology.
The scientific study of honey bees and honey-
apiology  apidology
making.
apology† An acknowledgement for a failure or mistake.
The scientific study of spiders and related
arachnology animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions,
and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids.
The branch of arachnology that deals
araneology
with spiders.
The branch of geology that studies the
archeogeology[a]
geological formations of the past.
The study of human activity through the recovery
archeology[a]
and analysis of material culture.
The study of faunal remains or the items left
archeozoology[a]  zooarcheology[a]
behind when an animal dies.
The study of the science of governance or the
archology
origin of things.
A field of creating architectural design principles
arcology† for very densely populated, ecologically low-
impact human habitats.
areology The study of the planet Mars' geology.
1. The part of moral philosophy which
treats of virtue, its nature, and the
aretology means of attaining to it. 3.
2. A narrative about a divine figure's
miraculous deeds.
aristology The art or study of cooking and dining.
The study of the story of Noah's Ark, particularly
arkeology the search for physical evidence which would
corroborate it.
The study of Armenian history, language,
Armenology
and culture.
arteriology The branch of angiology dealing with arteries.
arthrology The branch of anatomy dealing with joints.  synosteology
The study of functional and structural changes
arthropathology
made by diseases of the joints.
arthropodology The study of arthropods.
Assyriology The study of the Assyrians.
astacology The study of crayfish.
astheniology The study of diseases of weakening and aging.
asthmology The study of asthma.
The study of astronomical knowledge of
astroarcheaology[a]
prehistoric cultures; archaeoastronomy.
The study of the origin, evolution, distribution,
astrobiology and future of life in the universe: extraterrestrial
life and life on Earth.
The science dealing with the structure and
astrogeology composition of planets and other bodies in  exogeology
the solar system.
astrolithology The study of aerolites.
The study of the movements and relative
positions of celestial objects as a means
astrology
for divining information about human affairs and
terrestrial events.
The study of the theoretical effects of
astrometeorology astronomical bodies and forces on the Earth's
atmosphere.
astroseismology The study of oscillations in stars.
atheology† The resistance or opposition to theology.
The branch of science dealing with the laws and
atmology
phenomena of aqueous vapour.
atmospherology The study of a planetary atmosphere.
atomology The study or doctrine of atoms.
The study of
audiology the auditory and vestibular systems, and
associated disorders.
One of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which
autecology
studies the individual organism or species.
autology The study of oneself.
autonumerology The study of unusual license plates.
auxanology The study of growth.  auxology
auxology The study of growth.  auxanology
axiology The philosophical study of value.
azoology The study of inanimate nature.

B[edit]
 Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation

bacteriology
to disease and agriculture.

The study of the treatment of disease by bathing,

balneology
usually practiced at spas.

barology The study of gravity and weight and their relation.

bascology The study of Basque language and culture.

The scientific study of plants in the genus Rubus,

batology
commonly known as brambles.

batrachology The study of amphibians.

Continual unnecessary reiteration of the same

battology†
words, phrases, or ideas.

bibliology The study of books as physical, cultural objects.

The branch of biology dealing with the study of

biocenology biological communities and the interactions among  biocoenology
their members.
The interdisciplinary field of science that studies the
interactions between the biosphere and the Earth's
bioclimatology
atmosphere on time scales of the order of seasons
or longer (in opposition to biometeorology).
The study of the relationship of organisms to each
bioecology
other and to their environment.
The sub-field of gerontology concerned with the
biogerontology biological aging process, its evolutionary origins, and
potential means to intervene in the process.
The study of life and living organisms and
biology
their morphology, anatomy, and physiology.
The study of the relationship between atmospheric
biometeorology
conditions (the weather) and living organisms.
 psychobiology
The application of the principles of biology to the
 biological
study of physiological, genetic, and developmental
biopsychology psychology
mechanisms of behavior in humans and other
 behavioral
animals.
neuroscience
The branch of biology dedicated to the study of
biospeleology organisms that live in caves and are collectively  cave biology
referred to as troglofauna.
The use of living systems and organisms to develop
biotechnology†
or make products.
(Irish slang) Nonsense, derived from the
bolloxology†
word bollocks.
 A representation of an organized structure as
boxology a graph of labelled nodes ("boxes") and connections
between them (as lines or arrows).
1. The colloquial omission of words from a
phrase; e.g. "morning" instead of "good
brachyology† morning". 1. brachylogy
2. Consice speech or laconism.
The practice of predicting and analyzing sports
bracketology
tournament brackets.
The science or study of brewing, especially of
brewology
brewing beer.
bromatology The study of food.
brontology The study of thunder.
The branch of botany concerned with the scientific
bryology
study of bryophytes.
bumpology Archaic and derogatory term for phrenology.
1. The study of buttons.
2. In computing, the basic training required to
buttonology start using a piece of software: what the 3.
components of the interface are, what they
do, how to accomplish basic tasks.
The interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that
addresses the history, culture, costumes,  Byzantine studies
Byzantinology religion, art, such
 Byzantology
as literature and music, science, economy,
and politics of the Byzantine Empire.

C[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

cacology† Poor diction or word choice.  acyrology

caliology The study of birds nests.  nidology

The study of bells: their casting, tuning, and
campanology
ringing.
cancerology The study of cancer.
Expertise in the mechanics of salary caps, the
capology rules regulating the total amount of player
compensation.
The study of ground
carabidology
beetles (family Carabidae).
 malacostracology
carcinology The study of crustaceans.  crustalogy
 crustaceology
cardiology The study of the heart.
caricology The study of carex or sedges.
cariology The study of dental caries and cariogenesis.
A lint-picking behavior that is often a symptom
carphology
of a delirious state.
carpology The study of the structure of seeds and fruit.
The creation of charts and maps based on the
cartology
layout of a territory's geography.
The study of the deleterious effects of time on
catachronobiology
a living system.
cecidiology The study of galls or cecidia.
cephalology The science of the head.
cerealogy The study of crop circles.
The study of, or practice of creating crop
cereology
circles.
The science that deals with the cerebrum
cerebrology
or brain.
The branch of zoology concerned with the
cetology order Cetacea, which
includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
chalcidology The study of chalcid wasps.
chaology The study of chaos and chaotic systems.  chaos theory
The study of character reading that attempts to
combine revised physiognomy,
characterology reconstructed phrenology and
amplified pathognomy,
with ethnology, sociology and anthropology.
cheesology The study of cheese.  fromology
The study of turtles or tortoises
chelonology
(order Chelonia).
The branch of chemistry that studies the
chemoimmunology
chemical processes in immunology.
1. The study of chess.
chessology  2. fromology
2. The study of cheese.
1. The study of the hand.
chirology 3.
2. Palm reading.
chondrology The study of cartilage.
 Benesh
The study of the aesthetic and science of
choreology Movement
forms of human movement by special notation.
Notation
1. The study of the causal relations
between geographical phenomena
chorology occurring within a particular region 3.
2. The study of the spatial distribution of
organisms.
chresmology The study of prophecies.  chrismology
 The field of study within Christian
theology which is primarily concerned with the
Christology nature and person of Jesus as recorded in
the canonical Gospels and the epistles of
the New Testament.
chromatology The study of colour.
A field of biology that examines periodic
(cyclic) phenomena in living organisms and
chronobiology
their adaptation to solar- and lunar-related
rhythms.
1. The study of things in order of time or
the study of time.
chronology 3.
2. The arrangement of events or dates in
the order of their occurrence.
1. The study of the influence of biological
rhythms on neoplastic growths.
chronooncology 2. The study of the timing of drug 3.
administration for anti-cancer
treatments.
The study of the effects of biological
chronopharmacology rhythms on pharmacotherapy and drug
administration.
chrysology The study of the production of wealth.
The art and science of making
cinematology
movies; cinematography.
cirripedology The study of barnacles.
The science that deals with climates, and
climatology
investigates their phenomena and causes.
The study of retrogression and decline in form
clinology
and function in an animal or organism.
clonology The science or study of cloning and clones.
clownology The study of being a clown.
Speculation in the run-up to a general election
coalitionology about possible coalition governments that
might ensue. Used in Britain and Ireland.
The study of scale insects, mealybugs, and
coccidology
organisms within the superfamily Coccoidea.
The study of books as physical objects,
codicology especially manuscripts written on parchment
(or paper) in codex form.
(Irish) Hoaxing, humbugging, bluffing, leg-
codology  kidology
pulling.
The multidisciplinary study of mind and
cognitology  cognitive science
behavior.
The theory of a sequence of abelian
cohomology groups associated to a topological space, often
defined from a cochain complex.
 The scientific study of beetles
coleopterology
(order Coleoptera).
Branch of medicine dealing with pathology of
coloproctology the colon, rectum, and anus and colorectal
surgery.
The branch of astronomy that deals
cometology
with comets.
In the European Union, the system of
committees, composed of representatives of
comitology the member states, used to oversee European
Commission implementing acts made under
European Union legislation.
The branch of immunology that deals
complementology with complement (one of
four proteolytic cascades in blood).
The study of computers, or any kind of work
computerology
with computers.
1. The study of molluscs and their shells.
conchology 3.
2. The hobby of shell collecting.
The study of atmospheric dust and its effects
coniology
on organisms.
The configuration according to which devices,
connectology
tubes, etc. are connected. Used in medicine.
conscientology The study of consciousness.  conscientiology
conspiratology The study of conspiracies.
The methods of the physical fitness system
contrology
called Pilates.
coprology The study of feces.  scatology
The science that considers the earth in its
cosmecology
relation to cosmic phenomena.
The science or study of cosmetics or being a
cosmetology
beautician.
The science of determining timescales for
cosmochronology
astrophysical objects and events.
The study of the origin, evolution, and eventual
cosmology
fate of the universe.
A pseudomedicine primarily focused on
measurements of the human skull, based on
craniology the concept that the brain is the organ of the  phrenology
mind and the mental state can be determined
by physical external characteristics.
Nonsense, rubbish. Derived from the
crapology
word crap.
The utilization of mineral springs for
crenology  craunology
therapeutic purposes.
The scientific study of the nature, extent,
criminology
management, causes, control, consequences,
 and prevention of criminal behavior, both on
the individual and social levels.
1. The part of logic dealing with the
establishment of criteria.
criteriology 3.
2. The study of how judgments can be
made solely based on specific criteria.
 carcinology
The branch of zoology dealing
crustaceology  malacostracology
with crustaceans.
 crustalogy
The study of biological material or systems at
cryobiology
temperatures below normal.
The study of very low temperatures and related
cryology
phenomena.
The study of frozen grounds and intensive frost
cryopedology
action.
The study and practice of analyzing encoded
cryptology  cryptography
messages, in order to decode them.
A pseudoscience involving the search
cryptozoology for creatures whose existence has not been
proven due to lack of evidence.
The study of the crystalline structure of
crystallology
inorganic bodies.
The branch of biology that studies the origin
ctetology
and development of acquired characteristics.
The study of picture writing, especially
curiology  kuriology
crude hieroglyphics.
cyclonology The study of cyclones.
cyesiology The study of gestation and pregnancy.
cynology The study of dogs.
cystology The study of cysts.
cytology The study of cells.
cytomorphology The study of the structure of cells.
A branch of pathology that studies and
cytopathology
diagnoses diseases on the cellular level.
cytophysiology The physiology of cells.
The study of cells to detect cancer and other
cytotechnology
abnormalities.

D[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

The study of ancient Dacia and its culture and

Dacology
antiquities.
 1. The study of finger rings.
dactyliology 3.
2. The study of gem engraving.
The representation of the letters of a writing
system and sometimes numeral systems
dactylology†
using only the hands, especially by the deaf;
fingerspelling.
The study of demons, especially the
daemonology incantations required to summon and control  demonology
them.
dantology The study of Dante Alighieri and his works.
A branch of science that is concerned with
the study of the principles and characteristics
of the development of children with physical
defectology and mental defects and the problems of their
training and upbringing. Also describes the
training of teachers of handicapped children.
(Used in former Soviet Union.)
dekalogy† A series of ten related works.
deltiology The study and collection of postcards.
The study of human populations, activities,
demology
social conditions, and behaviour.
The study of demons, especially the
demonology incantations required to summon and control  daemonology
them.
In archeology, the science that
dendroarcheology[a] uses dendrochronology to date wooden
material from archeological sites.
The science that uses the spacing between
dendrochronology the annual growth rings of trees to date their
exact year of formation.
The science that uses dendrochronology to
dendroclimatology
reconstruct historical climate conditions.
The science that uses dendrochronology to
dendroecology
analyze historic ecological processes.
The science that uses dendrochronology to
dendrogeomorphology study changes to the Earth's surface over
time.
The science that uses dendrochronology to
investigate and
dendrohydrology
reconstruct hydrologic processes, such as
river flow and past lake levels.
dendrology The study of trees.
The use of tree rings to study and reconstruct
dendropyrochronology
the history of wild fires.
deontology The study of the nature of duty and obligation.
dermatology The study of skin.
dermatoneurology The study of nerves of the skin.
 A subspecialty
of dermatology and pathology and to a lesser
dermatopathology extent of surgical pathology that focuses on
the study of cutaneous (skin) diseases at a
microscopic and molecular level.
The study of skin disease and sexually
dermatovenerology transmitted disease and how symptoms
of STD's appear on the skin.
The science of nomenclature and
dermonosology
classification of skin diseases.
desmidiology The study of single-celled algae.
desmology The study of ligaments.
diabetology The study of Diabetes mellitus.
The study of the devil and beliefs of the devil
diabology
in religion.
dicaeology† An excuse or justification.
The scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-
dialectology
field of sociolinguistics.
The branch of paleontology that focuses on
dinosaurology
studying dinosaurs.
1. The analysis of original texts or
documents.
diplomatology 4.
2. The study of diplomats.
3. The study of diplomatics.
dipterology The study of flies (order Diptera).
A double reading or twofold interpretation of a
dittology†
text.
The study or act of scientific testing
docimology
or assaying metals and ores.
dogmatology The study of religious dogma.
 dosology
dosiology The study of dosages of drugs.
 posology
 dosiology
dosology The study of dosages of drugs.
 posology
A short hymn of praises to God in various
doxology† forms of Christian worship, often added to the
end of canticles, psalms, and hymns.
The study of the mythology
dracology
surrounding dragons.
draconology The study of dragons.  dragonology
dragonology The study of dragons.  draconology
A genre of music which heavily
dronology utilizes drones. Also used to describe the use
of drones in music.
duology† A pair of related novels, plays, or movies.
 The philosophical view that existence has
dysteleology no telos or final cause from purposeful
design.

E[edit]
Synonyms

-ology Word Description

Alternative spell
ings

ecclesiology The theological study of the Christian Church.

eccrinology The study of the secretion of the eccrine glands.

echinology The study of echinoderms.

The study of the interactions between water and

ecohydrology
ecosystems.

The scientific study of interactions among organisms and

ecology
their environment.
 environmenta
The study of the adaptation of an organism's physiology l physiology
ecophysiology
to environmental conditions.  physiological
ecology
The study of the relationship between human beings and
ecopsychology the natural world through ecological and psychological
principles.
The study of the effects
ecotoxicology of toxic chemicals on biological organisms, especially at
the population, community, ecosystem level.
A soil science concerned with the influence of soils on
edaphology
living things, particularly plants.
1. An epistemological system that seeks to "define
the knowledge as a set of texts, discourses (and
thus terms), and to assign the scientificity of
those texts to the very conditions of their
editology 3.
publishing, the manner they are accepted by the
international scientific community" developed
by Jean C. Baudet.
2. The study of editing.
eidology The study of mental imagery.
The study of ancient
Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architectur
Egyptology
e and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its
native religious practices in the 4th century AD.
The study of the production and use of electricity by
electrobiology
biological organisms.
1. The practice and study of electrical epilation to
electrology 3.
permanently remove human hair.
 2. The branch of physical science that deals with
electricity and its properties.
electrophysiolo The study of the electrical properties of biological cells
gy and tissues.
electrotechnol
The technological and industrial applications of electricity.
ogy†
emblematolog
The study of emblems.
y
The branch of biology that studies the development
embryology of gametes (sex cells), fertilization, and development
of embryos and fetuses.
emetology The study of the causes of emesis (vomiting).
emmenology The study of menstruation.
1. The way a group of people think and speak about
emotionology their emotions. 3.
2. The multidisciplinary study of emotions.
The study of the brain and its function, structure and
encephalology
anatomy, and diseases.
endemiology The study of endemic diseases.
A branch of biology and medicine dealing with
endocrinology the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific
secretions known as hormones.
engysseismolo The branch of seismology that deals with earthquake
gy shocks registered in or near the region of disturbance.
enigmatology The study of puzzles.
enology The study of wines.  oenology
enteradenolog
The study of the gastrointestinal tract and glands.
y
enterology The study of the intestinal tract.
entomecholog
The study and design of mechanical insects.
y
entomology The scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.
The study of entozoa, a type of microscopic parasitic
entozoology
worm.
entreprenology The study of entrepreneurship.
enzymology The branch of science that studies enzymes.
The study and analysis of the patterns, causes, and
epidemiology effects of health and disease conditions in
defined populations.
epileptology The branch of neurology that studies epilepsy.
The study of the character, ecology, and causes of plant
epiphytology
diseases, especially epiphytotic outbreaks.
The branch of philosophy concerned with the theory
epistemology
of knowledge.
epizootiology The study of disease patterns within animal populations.  epizoology
  veterinary
epidemiology
equinology The study of horses.  hippology
eremology The study of deserts.
1. The study of the psychological effects of work, or
of work patterns; especially the causes of work-
related stress (job stress).
ergology 3.
2. In ethnology, knowledge originating from the
study of the object culture of non-European
traditional societies.
erotology The study of sexual stimuli and behavior.
Fan activities based on Ertar, an alternative reality
ertology†
project, created by a group of Czech science fiction fans.
The practice of escaping from restraints or other traps;
escapology†
escape art.
A part of theology concerned with the final events of
eschatology
history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity.
A complex of humanities sciences studying languages,
history, literature, folklore, culture, and ethnology of
Eskimology people speaking Eskimo–Aleut  Inuitology
languages and Eskimo (Inuit–Yupik)–Aleut peoples in
chronological and comparative context.
Esperantology The study of Esperanto.  Esperatology
 Esperantolog
Esperatology The study of Esperanto.
y
The ethnographic study of people for archeological
ethnoarcheolo
reasons, usually through the study of the material
gy[a]
remains of a society.
The scientific study of the way living things are treated or
ethnobiology
used by different human cultures.
A neologism referring to the study of dogs within their
ethnocynology
cultural context.
The scientific study of how different groups of people
living in different locations understand
ethnoecology
the ecosystems around them, and their relationships with
surrounding environments.
The branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes
ethnology the characteristics of different people and the relationship
between them.
ethnomethodol The study of methods people use for understanding and
ogy producing the social order in which they live.
ethnomusicolo The study of the music of different cultures and their
gy cultural contexts, especially non-Western ones.
ethnopsycholo The study of alternative perceptions of the mind and its
gy behavior.
The scientific and objective study of non-human animal
ethology
behaviour rather than human behaviour usually with a
 focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing
behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait.
 aetiology
1. The study of causation, or origination.
etiology  ætiology
2. The causes of diseases or pathologies.
 aitiology
The study of the ancient Italian civilization of
etruscology
the Etruscans.
The study of the history of words, their origins, and how
etymology
their form and meaning have changed over time.
One of the chief liturgical books of the Orthodox
Church and Eastern Catholic Churches, containing the
euchology†
portions of the services which are said by
the bishop, priest, or deacon.
Argued to be the same as xenoarcheology, a fictional
exoarcheology[ science concerned with the physical remains of alien
a]
cultures. May also mean the study of human activities in
a space environment.
The branch of biology dealing with extraterrestrial  astrobiology
exobiology
lifeforms.  xenobiology
A planetary science discipline concerned with  astrogeology
the geology of the celestial bodies such as
exogeology  planetary
the planets and their moons, asteroids, comets,
geology
and meteorites.
exomoonology The search for and study of exomoons.
exoplanetolog An integrated field of astronomical science dedicated to
y the search and study of exoplanets (extrasolar planets).

F[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

fairyology The study of fairies.

The branch of zoology that deals with the

faunology  zoogeography
geographical distribution of animals.
felinology The study of cats.
fermentology The study of ferments and fermentation.  zymology
festology† A treatise or dissertation on ecclesiastical festivals.  festilogy
fetology The scientific study of fetuses.  foetology
filicology The study of ferns.
A 1950s–60s movement of theoretical study
filmology
relating to film.
flatology The study of flatulence.
fluviology The study of watercourses or rivers.
 The study of a river channel and the network of
fluviomorphology  river morphology
tributaries within the river basin.
foliology The study of autumnal leaf colour changes.
fontology The study of fonts, or electronic typefaces.
formicology The study of ants.  myrmecology
fornicology The study of fornication.
fossilology The study of fossils.
fronology The study of the contour of the skull.
1. The study of cheese.
fromology 1. cheesology
2. The collection of labels from cheese.
fuckology† A useless study, gibberish.
fungology The study of fungi.  mycology
The study of postulating possible, probable, and
futurology preferable futures and the worldviews and myths
that underlie them.

G[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

The study of galvanism (of biology, physics, and

galvanology
chemistry).

gametology The study of gametes.

The study of modern refuse and trash as well as

garbology the use of trash cans, compactors and various
types of trash can liners.

The branch of medicine focused on the digestive

gastroenterology  gastrology
system and its disorders.
The branch of medicine focused on the digestive
gastrology  gastroenterology
system and its disorders.
gelotology The study of humour and laughter.
The scientific study dealing with natural and
gemology  gemmology
artificial gemstone materials.
The common misspelling of genealogy. The
geneology† study of families and the tracing of their lineages
and history.
A branch of ecology which studies the gene
frequency of a species relating to
genecology
their population distribution in a particular
environment.
genesiology The study of reproduction.
The common misspelling of genethlialogy.
genethliology†
The divination of the destiny of a newborn by
 studying stars and heavenly bodies on the
nativity.
A multi-disciplinary approach which uses the
techniques and subject matter
geoarcheology[a] of geography, geology and other Earth  geoarchæology
sciences to examine topics which
inform archeological knowledge and thought.
An interdisciplinary field of scientific
research that explores interactions between
geobiology
the biosphere and the lithosphere and/or
the atmosphere.
The science of determining the age
geochronology of rocks, fossils, and sediments using signatures
inherent in the rocks themselves.
The interdisciplinary study
geoecology
of geography and ecology.
The area of geology that deals with the
distribution and movement of groundwater in
geohydrology  hydrogeology
the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust(commonly
in aquifers).
1. An earth science comprising the study
of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is
composed, and the processes by which
they change.
geology 4.
2. The study of the solid features of
any celestial body (such as the geology
of the Moon or Mars).
3. The geological features of an area.
The scientific study of the origin and evolution
of topographic and bathymetric features created
geomorphology
by physical, chemical or biological processes
operating at or near the Earth's surface.
The study of alleged references to geological
geomythology
events in mythology.
The study of how earth, rock and subterranean
geotechnology water affect the planning, execution, and
operation of engineering projects.
The study of the structure of the Earth's crust;
geotectology  structural geology
geotectonics.
The study of bridges and naturally occurring
gephyrology
arches or bridge like structures.
The study of elderly people and senility;
geratology  gerontology
geriatrics.
gerodontology The study of dentistry in elderly people.
The study of the social, psychological, cognitive,  geriatrics
gerontology
and biological aspects of aging.  geratology
The learning, teaching, knowledge, or study
ghostology of ghosts, spirits, and the supernatural;
ghostlore.
gigantology The study or description of giants.
†
gizmology Gadgets, gadgetry.
The scientific study of glaciers, or more
glaciology generally ice and natural phenomena that
involve ice.
1. The study of the tongue and its
diseases.
2. The definition and explanation of terms
glossology 4.
in constructing a glossary.
3. The scientific study of language
change over time; historical linguistics.
The study of languages to determine when they
glottochronology
diverged from being the same language.
glottology The study of languages.  linguistics
The study of the structure, biosynthesis, and
glycobiology biology of saccharides (sugar chains or glycans)
that are widely distributed in nature.
glyptology The study or art of engraving gems or glyptics.
gnathology The study of the masticatory system.
The study of gnomic poetry or gnomes and
gnomology
aphorisms.
gnomonology The study of gnomonics.
The scientific or philosophical study of
gnoseology  gnosiology
knowledge.
The scientific or philosophical study of
gnosiology  gnoseology
knowledge.
gnotobiology The study of animals in a germ-free environment
Googleology The study of Google and its subsidiaries.  Googlology
1. The study of the number googol.
googology 2. The mathematical study of large 3.
numbers.
The scientific study of the grasses
graminology  agrostology
(family Poaceae).
grammatology The scientific study of writing systems or scripts.
The analysis of the physical characteristics and
graphology patterns of handwriting purporting to be able to
identify the writer.
The study of handwriting as a symptom of
graphopathology
mental or emotional disorder.
grossology The study of things that are disgusting or gross.
The medical practice dealing with the health of
the female reproductive  gynæcology
gynecology
systems (vagina, uterus and ovaries) and  gynaecology
the breasts.
The study of radiologic imaging of  gynecological
gynoroentgenology
the gynecologic parts of the female human roentgenology
 body in order to make a radiologic diagnosis of a  gynæcological
gynecologic disease. roentgenology
 gynaecological
roentgenology

H[edit]
Synonyms
-ology
Description
Word Alternative s
pellings

hemorheolo The study of flow properties of blood and its elements  blood
gy[b] of plasma and cells. rheology
A biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader; a
hagiology†
hagiography.
hamartiolog
The branch of Christian theology that studies sin.
y
hamburger A course of study introduced by McDonald's to train people to
ology work in its fast food restaurants.
In linguistics, the elimination of a syllable when two consecutive
haplology†
identical or similar syllables occur.
harmonolog
The study of harmonization.
y
In Derridan philosophy, the paradoxical state of the spectre,
hauntology
which is neither being nor nonbeing.
The study of the impact an injury or incident had on a persons
hedonology
lifestyle.
helcology The study of ulcers.
heliology The study of the sun.
helioseismo The study of the propagation of wave oscillations, particularly
logy acoustic pressure waves, in the Sun.
helmintholo
The study of parasitic worms (helminths).
gy
hematology[ The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis,
b]
treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.
hemerology The study of calendars.
hemipterolo
The study of true bugs (order Hemiptera).
gy
hemopathol The branch of pathology which studies diseases
ogy of hematopoietic cells.
The philosophical account or discourse on "The One" that
henology
appears most notably in the philosophy of Plotinus.
heortology The study of religious festivals.
hepaticolog
The study of hepatics (division Marchantiophyta).
y
 The branch of medicine that incorporates the study
hepatology of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, and pancreas as well as
management of their disorders.
The study of the use of plants for medicinal purposes; herbal
herbology  herbalogy
medicine/herbalism.
heresiology The study of heresy.
The branch of zoology concerned with the study
of amphibians (including frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and
herpetology caecilians (gymnophiona))
and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, amphisbaenids, turtles, t
errapins, tortoises, crocodilians, and the tuataras).
1. A lack of correspondence between parts that reflects a
difference in origin.
heterology† 3.
2. An abnormality or structural difference from what is
considered normal.
heteroptolo
The study of true bugs (suborder Heteroptera).
gy
The study of heterotopias, that is, "a systematic approach that
heterotopol
analyzes and describes the features of other spaces" as said
ogy
by Michel Foucault.
The study of the relations of living creatures to other organisms,
hexicology  hexiology
and to their surrounding conditions.
The study of the relations of living creatures to other organisms,
hexiology  hexicology
and to their surrounding conditions.
hieroglypho
The study of hieroglyphics.
logy
hierology Sacred literature or lore or the study of it.
 equinolog
hippology The study of horses.
y
hippopathol The study of the diseases and treatment or pathology of
ogy the horse.
The study of the microscopic anatomy (microanatomy)
histiology  histology
of cells and tissues of plants and animals.
The study of the microscopic
histology
anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals.
histopathol The microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the
ogy manifestations of disease.
histophysiol The physiology or study of the functions of the cells and tissues
ogy in health.
historiology The study of history.
histotechnol The study of the processes and procedures used in the
ogy preparation of slides for light microscopy.
Hittitology The study of the Hittites.
The study of pathways.
hodology 5.
1. (neuroscience) The study of the interconnections of
brain cells.
 2. (psychology) A term introduced by Kurt Lewin (1890–
1947) to describe paths in a person's "life space".
3. (philosophy) The study of interconnected ideas.
4. (geography) The study of paths.
Homerolog
The study of the poet Homer and his works.
y
1. (anthropology and archeology). A type of analogy
whereby two human beliefs, practices, or artifacts are
separated by time but share similarities due
to genetic or historical connections.
2. (specifically anthropology) A structure that is shared
through descent from a common ancestor.
3. (biology) The existence of shared ancestry between a
pair of structures, or genes, in different species.
4. (chemistry) The appearance of homologues, a
compound belonging to a series of compounds differing
homology from each other by a repeating unit. 8.
5. (mathematics, especially algebraic topology and
abstract algebra) A general way of associating a
sequence of algebraic objects such as abelian
groups or modules to other mathematical objects such
as topological spaces.
6. (psychology) A relationship between characteristics that
reflects the characteristics' origins in either evolution or
development.
7. (sociology)"Structural 'resonances'...between the
different elements making up a socio-cultural whole." [6]
A science that studies human combative behavior and
hoplology
performance.
hormonolog
The science or study of hormones.
y
The art or science of measuring time and mechanical time-
horology
keeping devices.
1. The study of humour and laughter.
humorology 3.
2. Humorism
hydrobiolog
The science of life and life processes in water.
y
hydroecolo The study of support systems in wetlands such as the
gy interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
The area of geology that deals with the distribution and
hydrogeolo  geohydrol
movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the
gy ogy
Earth's crust (commonly in aquifers).
1. The scientific study of the movement, distribution, and
quality of water on Earth and other planets, including
the hydrologic cycle, water resources and
environmental watershed sustainability.
hydrology 3.
2. (agriculture) The study of water balance components
intervening in agricultural water management,
especially in irrigation and drainage; agricultural
hydrology.
 A branch of meteorology and hydrology that studies the transfer
hydrometeo
of water and energy between the land surface and the lower
rology
atmosphere.
hyetology The scientific study of precipitation.
hygiology The science and study of the preservation of health.
1. The study of bodily fluids.
hygrology 3.
2. The study of humidity.
hylology The doctrine or theory of matter as unorganized.
hymenopter
The study of the order Hymenoptera.
ology
hymnology The scholarly study of religious song, or the hymn.
 somnolog
hypnology The scientific study of sleep.
y

I[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

The study of medicinal remedies

iamatology  aceology
or therapeutics.
iatrology The study of medicine.
The branch of geology and biology that deals
ichnolithology with traces of organismal behavior, such as  ichnology
footprints and burrows.
The branch of geology and biology that deals
ichnology with traces of organismal behavior, such as  ichnolithology
footprints and burrows.
The branch of biology devoted to the study
ichthyology
of fish.
1. A method of interpretation in cultural
history and the history of art used
by Aby Warburg, Erwin Panofsky, and
their followers that uncovers the
cultural, social, and historical
iconology 3.
background of themes and subjects in
the visual arts.
2. The study of visual imagery and its
symbolism and interpretation,
especially in social or political terms.
A collection of doctrines or beliefs shared by
ideology†
members of a group.
idiomatology The study of idioms and idiomatic language.
idiomology The study of idiom, jargon, or dialect.
idiopsychology The psychology of one's own mind.
 The study of images, especially those
imageology
produced by medical imaging.
The study of cultural stereotypes as presented
imagology
in literature.
The study of the relationships between
immunohematology[b] disorders of the blood and the immune system,
especially antigen-antibody interaction.
A branch of biomedical science that covers the
immunology
study of immune systems in all organisms.
The branch of medicine that deals with immune
immunopathology
responses associated with disease.
The science of or techniques involved in dental
implantology
implants.
The academic study of
the history and cultures, languages, and
literature of the Indian subcontinent (most
Indology specifically the modern-day states
of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, Maldives, Nepal and the eastern parts
of Afghanistan)
The study of the diagnosis, treatment, and
infectiology  infectology
control of infections and infectious diseases.
insectology The study of insects.  entomology
A complex
of humanities sciences studying languages,
history, literature, folklore, culture, and
Inuitology ethnology of people speaking Eskimo–Aleut  Eskimology
languages and Eskimo (Inuit–Yupik)–
Aleut peoples in chronological and comparative
context.
An interdisciplinary field dealing with the study
Iranology of history, literature, art and culture of Iranian
peoples.
irenology The study of peace.
An alternative medicine technique whose
proponents claim that patterns, colors, and
iridology other characteristics of the iris can be
examined to determine information about a
person's health; iridodiagnosis.
Islamology The study of Islam.

J[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

Japanology The study of Japan, its language, culture, and history.

Jinology The study of Jin Yong's novels.

Judeology The study of Judaism.

K[edit]
Synonyms
-ology
Description
Word
Alternative spellings

kalology The study of beauty and aesthetics.

The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard

karyology
to the chromosomes which they contain.

A parody religion, named after James Parry (Kibo), the

Kibology†
central figure.

kidology† The practice of bluffing or deception.

The study of the psychological and physiological

killology
effects of killing and combat on the human psyche.

The scientific study of human body movement and its

kinesiology physiological, mechanical, and psychological
mechanisms.

The branch of physics that deals with the laws of

kinology
motion.

The functionality of controls on an instrument as

knobology
relevant to their application.

koniology The study of atmospheric dust and its effects.  coniology

kookology The study of kooks, or eccentric people.
Koreanology The study of Korea.
1. The study of the internal politics of the high
members of the government of the USSR.
Kremlinology 3.
2. The study of the internal politics of any powerful
and secretive organization.
ktenology The science of putting people to death, execution.
Kubrickology The study of Stanley Kubrick and his works.
kymatology The study of wave motion.
The use of literal or simple expressions, as
kyriology distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure
ones.

L[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

labology† A collection of labels, especially from beer bottles.

lalopathology The study of speech disorders.

A branch of medicine that deals with

laryngology disorders, diseases and injuries of the vocal
apparatus, especially the larynx.

latrinology The study of writings on restroom walls.

lectinology The study of lectin.

 loimology
lemology The study of plague and epidemic diseases.
 epidemiology
A branch of entomology concerning the scientific
lepidopterology study of moths and the three superfamilies
of butterflies.
leprology The study of leprosy.
1. A minute and tedious discourse on trifling
things.
leptology 3.
2. The study of the forms and structures of
crystals; crystallography.
lexicology The part of linguistics which studies words.
The branch of mycology that studies
the lichens, symbiotic organisms made up of an
lichenology intimate symbiotic association of a
microscopic alga(or a cyanbacterium) with
a filamentous fungus.
limacology The branch of zoology which deals with slugs.
The branch of biology that deals with animals and
limnobiology
plants of fresh water.
limnology The study of inland waters.
The art and science of reading lip prints in order to
lipsology
determine characteristics about a person.
literaturology The study of literature.
lithoidology The study of rocks.
1. The study of rocks, with particular emphasis
on their description and classification.
lithology 3.
2. The description of physical characteristics of
a rock.
The study of liturgy, a set of rituals that are
liturgiology
performed, usually by a religion; liturgics.
1. The field of recreational linguistics, an activity
that encompasses a wide variety of word
games and wordplay.
2. The study of all aspects of science (the
logology science of science) 5. lexicology
3. The study of words in search for divine truth.
4. The study of logos.
5. The part of linguistics that studies words.
logyology The study of the study of things.
  lemology
loimology The study of pestilential diseases and plagues.
 epidemiology
ludology The study of games.
lymphology The study of the lymphatic system.

M[edit]
Synonyms

-ology Word Description

Alternative spelli
ngs

machirology The study or collection of knives.

macrocosmolog
The study or description of the macrocosm.
y

The subfield of ecology that deals with the study of

macroecology relationships between organisms and their
environment at large spatial scales.

macrology† Verbose, meaningless talk; pleonasm.

macrometeorolo
The study of large-scale behavior of the atmosphere.
gy

The gross structures or morphology of an organism,

macromorpholo
mineral, or soil component visible with the unaided
gy
eye or at very low levels of magnification.

magicology The study of magic.

magirology The study of cooking.

The branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the

malacology
study of Mollusca.
 carcinology
malacostracolog
The study of crustaceans.  crustaceology
y
 crustalogy
malariology The study of malaria.
The common misspelling of mammalogy. The study
mammology†
of mammals.
mantology The study or art of fortune telling.
mapology The study of maps; cartography.
Mariology The theological study of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
1. (Catholicism) A catalogue or list of martyrs and
other saints and beati arranged in the
calendar order of their anniversaries or feasts.
martyrology 2. (Judaism) The ten rabbis living during the era 3.
of the Mishnah who were martyred by
the Romans in the period after the destruction
of the second Temple.
mastology The study of breasts.
†
mateology A vain, unprofitable discourse or inquiry.
mazology The study of mammals.  mammalogy
meconology The study of opium and its effects.
melissopalynolo The study of pollen contained in honey and, in
gy particular, the pollen's source.
A branch of entomology concerning the scientific study
melittology  mellittology
of bees (clade Anthophila).
A branch of entomology concerning the scientific study
mellittology  melittology
of bees (clade Anthophila).
membranology The study of membranes.
A service-book used in the Eastern Orthodox
Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which
menology†
follow the Rite of Constantinople; a menologium or
menologe.
In logic and philosophy, the study of parts and the
mereology
wholes they form.
1. The scientific analysis and study of
interactions among organisms and their
mesology environment. 1. ecology
2. The environmental or sociological influence on
a person.
The study of weather systems smaller than synoptic
mesometeorolo  mesoscale
scale systems but larger than microscale and storm-
gy meteorology
scale cumulus systems.
The study of the genesis and regional-to-global
distribution of mineral deposits, with emphasis on their
metallogeny relationship in space and time to
regional petrologic and tectonic features of the Earth's
crust.
A speculative psychology which seeks to understand
metapsychology the structure of the mind in terms which may not
be empirically verifiable.
The study of the atmosphere and related phenomena
meteorology
such as weather.
The systematic, theoretical analysis of the methods
methodology
applied to a field of study; the study of methods.
metrology The science and study of measurement.
 The study of fog and smog.
miasmology 
 The study of the miasma theory.
microbiology The study of microorganisms.
A branch of climatology that
microclimatolog studies microclimates which are small, local region
y having a unique pattern of weather or weather effects
that differ from the local climate.
1. The ecology of microbes.
microecology 3.
2. The ecology of a microhabitat.
 The presence of the same short sequence of bases in
microhomology†
different genes.
1. The study of microscopes.
2. The science of preparing microscopic objects
micrology for study. 4.
3. The study of trivialities or things of little
importance.
micrometeorolo The study of short-lived atmospheric phenomena  microscale
gy smaller than mesoscale. meteorology
The fine-level structures (microstructures)
micromorpholog
or morphology of an organism, mineral, or soil
y
component visible through microscopy.
The branch of paleontology that studies microfossils,
micropaleontolo or fossils that require the use of a microscope to see
gy[c] the organism, its morphology and its characteristics
details.
microphytology The study of very small or microscopic plant life.
microseismolog
The study of microseisms.
y
microtechnology Technology with features near one micrometre.
†

The common misspelling of mineralogy . The study

minerology†
of minerals.
misology† The hatred or fear of reasoning or argument.
The area of practical theology that investigates the
mandate, message, and mission of
missiology
the Christian church, especially the nature
of missionary work.
The art of combining various ingredients to
mixology
make cocktails.
mnesiology The study of memory.
The study of human behavior in a mobile world and
mobilology  mociology
the study of mobile device/phone lifestyles.
The study of human behavior in a mobile world and
mociology  mobilology
the study of mobile device/phone lifestyles.
The study of mills and other mechanical devices which
use the energy of moving water or wind, or the
molinology
strength of animal or human muscle to power
machines.
momilogy The study of mummies.  momiology
momiology The study of mummies.  momilogy
monadology The study of theory of monads.
The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing
monology†
conversation.
1. The study of monsters or cryptids.
monsterology 3.
2. (mathematics) The study of the monster group.
montology The study of mountains.  orology
morology† Foolish talk, nonsense.
The study of the forms of things.

1. (archeology) The study of shapes and forms

(of artifacts), and their grouping into time
periods.
2. (astronomy) The study of the shape of
astronomical objects such
as nebulae, galaxies, or other extended
objects.
3. (biology) A branch of biology dealing with the
study of the form and structure of organisms
and their specific structural features.
4. (folkloristics) The structure of narratives such
as folk tales.
5. (linguistics) The study of the structure and
content of word forms.
6. (mathematics) A theory and technique for the
morphology analysis and processing of geometrical 12.
structures, based on set theory, lattice
theory, topology, and random functions.
7. (Urban morphology) The study of the form,
structure, formation and transformation of
human settlements.
8. (materials science) The study of shape, size,
texture and phase distribution of physical
objects.
9. (architecture and engineering) The study of
two-dimensional and three-dimensional
symmetries, and then uses these geometries
for planning buildings and structures.
10. (social) The study of the form and structure of
society.
11. (ideological) The study of the conceptual
structure of ideologies, and the rules defining
the admissibility of meanings into concepts.
 morphophonol
The branch of linguistics that studies the interaction ogy
morphonology between morphological and phonological or phonetic p
 morphophone
rocesses.
mics
The branch of botany concerned with the scientific
muscology study of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts,  bryology
and hornworts).
The study of the designs, organization, and
museology
management of museums.
The study of music, music history, music theory, or the
musicology
physical nature of sound.
mycetology The study of fungi.  mycology
The branch of biology concerned with the study
mycology  mycetology
of fungi.
 The branch of mycology that focuses on analyzing and
mycotoxicology studying the toxins produced by fungi, known
as mycotoxins.
myology The study of the muscular system.
The branch of entomology focusing on the scientific
myrmecology
study of ants.
1. The study of myths.
mythology 2. A collection of myths, especially of a specific 3.
culture or religion.

N[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

The manipulation of matter on an atomic,

molecular, and supramolecular scale. Otherwise
nanotechnology accepted as the manipulation of matter with at
least one dimension sized from 1 to
100 nanometers.

A branch of tribology which

nanotribology studies friction phenomenon at the nanometer
scale.

naology The study of ecclesiastical or sacred buildings.

The theory and the study

narratology of narrative and narrative structure and the ways
that these affect our perception.

nasology The study of the nose.

The science or art of stuffing animals for display;

nassology
taxidermy.
1. A church register containing the names
of those connected with the church who
have died.
necrology 2. A list of people who have died during a 5.
specific period of time.
3. The study of death or the dead.
4. A notice of death; an obituary.
nematology The scientific study of nematodes.
The study of footprints and traces
neoichnology
of extant animals.
1. The study or art of creating new words
or neologizing.
2. The act of introducing a new word into a
neology 4.
language.
3. The holding of novel or rational religious
views.
 A subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the
neonatology
medical care of newborn infants.
neossology The study of young birds.
nephology The study of clouds.
nephrology The study of kidneys.
nerterology Any study that pertains to the dead or death.
nessology The belief or study of the loch ness monster.
The study of the nervous system including
neurobiology
the brain.
The study of the interaction between
neuroendocrinology
the nervous system and the endocrine system.
The study of animal behavior and its underlying
neuroethology
mechanistic control by the nervous system.
The study or practice of mesmerism
neurohypnology  neurypnology
or hypnotism.
A branch of medicine dealing with neurological
neurology
disorders.
neuropathology The study of disease of nervous system tissue.
The study of how drugs affect cellular function in
neuropharmacology
the nervous system.
A branch of physiology and neuroscience that is
neurophysiology concerned with the study of the functioning of
the nervous system.
The study of the structure and function of
neuropsychology the brain as it relates to specific psychological
processes and behaviors.
The study of net-winged insects
neuropterology
(order Neuroptera).
A subspecialty of radiology focusing on the
diagnosis and characterization of abnormalities
neuroradiology of the central and peripheral nervous
system, spine, and head and neck
using neuroimaging techniques.
The study or practice of mesmerism
neurypnology  neurohypnology
or hypnotism.
nidology The study of birds nests.  caliology
nomology The study of laws.
nongeology† Not of or pertaining to geology.
The systematic study and organization of
noology  noölogy
everything dealing with knowing and knowledge.
nosetiology The study of the causes of disease.
A branch of medicine dealing with
nosology
the classification of disease.
The study of senility or the mental problems of
nostology  gerontology
aging.
 The study of the purported mystical relationship
numerology between numbers and the character or action of
physical objects and living things.
The study or collection of money (coins, tokens,
numismatology
medals, paper money); numismatics.
nymphology The study of nymphs.

O[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

The branch of Earth science that studies

oceanology
the ocean; oceanography.

octology† A series of eight related works.  octalogy

odology The study of odic force.
The study
odonatology of dragonflies and damselflies (order Odonata)
.
1. The study of the structure and
development of teeth.
odontology 3.
2. The branch of dentistry dealing with
abnormalities of teeth.
The scientific study of interactions among  œcology
oecology
organisms and their environment.  ecology
The science and study of all aspects
of wine and winemaking with the exception of  enology
oenology
vine-growing and grape-harvesting which  oinology
pertains to viticulture.
The state of paralogous genes that have
ohnology† originated by a process of whole-genome
duplication.
The science of houses and homes, considered
oikology especially in respect of their sanitary
conditions.
The science and study of all aspects
of wine and winemaking with the exception of
oinology  oenology
vine-growing and grape-harvesting which
pertains to viticulture.
olfactology The study of smell.
oligochaetology The study of earthworms (class Oligochaeta).
ology† A subject of study, a branch of knowledge.
ombrology The study of rain.
omenology The study of omens, divination.
omnibology The study of motor buses or omnibuses.
 A medical field of study whose specialty is not
omphalology
identified.
The branch of medicine that deals with the
oncology
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
oneirology The scientific study of dreams.
†
onology Foolish discourse.
The branch of lexicology that deals with
concepts and the terms that represent them, in
onomasiology
particular contrasting terms for similar
concepts, as in a thesaurus.
The study of the origin, history, and use
onomatology
of proper names; onomastics.
1. (philosophy) The branch of
metaphysics that addresses the nature
or essential characteristics of being
and of things that exist.
2. (philosophy) The theory of a particular
philosopher or school of thought
concerning the fundamental types of
ontology 5.
entity in the universe.
3. (logic) A logical system involving theory
of classes.
4. (computer science) A structure of
concepts or entities within a domain,
organized by relationships; a system
model.
onychopathology The study of nail disease.
oology The study of eggs, especially those of birds.  oölogy
ophidiology The study of snakes (clade Ophidia).  ophiology
The branch of herpetology dealing with the
ophiology  ophidiology
study of snakes (clade ophidia).
The branch of medicine that deals with the
ophthalmology
anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye.
opsonology The study of antibody opsonization.
optology The science of testing eyes for lenses.
orchidology The study of orchids (family orchidaceae).
oreology The study of mountains.  orology
The study of musical instruments and their
organology
classification.
The identification, specification, and
orismology
description of technical terms.
A branch of zoology dealing with the study
ornithology
of birds.
orology The study of mountains.  montology
orrhology The study of serum.
 1. (biology) Homologous sequences
descended from the same ancestral
orthology sequence. 3.
2. (language) The study of the correct use
of words.
orthopterology The scientific study of the order Orthoptera.
1. The study of things dug out of the
Earth such as minerals and fossils.
oryctology 2. The study of fossils, minerals, and 4.
rocks.
3. The study of minerals; oryctognosy.
1. The scientific study of smells.
osmology  osphresiology
2. The study of osmosis.
1. The scientific study of smells.
osphresiology  osmology
2. The study of osmosis.
osteology The scientific study of bones.
osteopathology The study of diseases of the bone.
The branch of medicine that deals with
 otorhinolaryngolog
otolaryngology conditions of the ear, nose, and throat (ENT)
y
region.
A branch of medicine which studies normal
and pathological anatomy and physiology of
otology
the ear (hearing and vestibular sensory
systems and related structures and functions).
The branch of medicine that deals with
otorhinolaryngolog
conditions of the ear, nose, and throat (ENT)  otolaryngology
y
region.
The branch of medicine that focuses on
surgical and medical diseases of the male and
ourology  urology
female urinary tract system and the male
reproductive organs.
1. The study of eggs.
ovology 3.
2. The study of ova.

P[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

pachydermatolo
The study of elephant skin. (humorous)
gy

paedology The study of children's behavior and development.  pedology

paidonosology The study of children's diseases.  pediatrics

The subdiscipline of paleobotany that deals with
paleoalgology[c] the study and identification of fossil algae and their  paleophycology
evolutionary relationships and ecology.
paleoanthropolo The scientific study of human fossils, and the
 paleanthropology
gy[c] evolution of modern man.
paleobiology[c] The study of fossils of plants and animals.
The branch of paleontology that deals with the
paleobotany[c]  paleophytology
study of plant fossils.
paleoclimatolog The study of changes in climate taken on the scale
y[c] of the entire history of Earth.
paleodendrolog The branch of paleobotany that deals with fossil
y[c] trees.
The scientific study of reconstructing ecosystems in
paleoecology[c]
the past using fossils and subfossils.
paleoentomolog
The study of prehistoric insects.
y[c]
paleoethnology[c The study of the races of early man.
]

paleoetiology[c]† The explanation of past phenomena.

paleogeology[c] The study of ancient geological features.
paleohydrology[c The study of ancient rivers and other hydrological
]
features.
paleoichnology[c The branch of ichnology concerned with the study
]
of trace fossils preserved in ancient rocks.
paleoichthyolog
The study of fossil and ancient fish.  paleichthyology
y[c]
paleolimnology[c The study of paleoenvironments of inland waters
]
by examination of sediment and fossils.
paleology[c] The study of antiquities.
paleometeorolo The meteorology of the earth's atmosphere during
gy[c] ancient times.
The scientific study of life existent prior to, and
paleontology[c] sometimes including, the start of the Holocene
Epoch.
paleoornitholog The study of ancient and prehistoric birds and their
y[c] evolution.
paleoosteology[c The study of ancient bones.
]

paleopathology[c The study of diseases in ancient humans.

]

The study of soils of past geological eras, from

paleopedology[c] quite recent (Quaternary) to the earliest periods of
the Earth's history.
The subdiscipline of paleobotany that deals with
paleophycology[ the study and identification of fossil algae and their  paleoalgology
c]
evolutionary relationships and ecology.
paleophytology[c The study of ancient plants and plant fossils;
]
paleobotany.
 The study of past tropical cyclone activity by means
paleotempestol
of geological proxies as well as historical
ogy[c]
documentary records.
The branch of paleontology, paleobiology,
or zoology dealing with the recovery and
paleozoology[c] identification of organisms and the use of these
fossils in the reconstruction of prehistoric
environments and ancient ecosystems.
The study of dust, which more precisely includes
contemporary and fossil palynomorphs,
including pollen, spores, orbicules, dinocysts, acrita
palynology rchs, chitinozoans and scolecodonts, together with
particulate organic matter (POM)
and kerogen found in sedimentary rocks
and sediments.
A branch of theology embracing all religions; a
pantheology complete system covering all gods and religious
systems.
pantology† A systematic view of all human knowledge.
The study of ancient literature, correspondence,
papyrology legal archives, etc., as preserved in manuscripts
written on papyrus.
1. The use of paradoxes.
paradoxology† 3.
2. A paradox.
A field of study concerned with the investigation
of paranormal and psychic phenomena which
include telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psych
parapsychology
okinesis, near-death
experiences, reincarnation, apparitional
experiences, and other paranormal claims.
The study of parasites and how they interact with
parasitology
their hosts.
parisology† The use of equivocal or ambiguous words.
paroemiology The study of proverbs.
The common misspelling of paralogy.

1. The state of being paralogous (in biology,

parology† homologous sequences are paralogous if 3.
they were created by a duplication event
within the genome).
2. Paralogical reasoning.
A concession to an adversary in order to
paromology†
strengthen one's own argument.
parthenology The study of virginity.
The branch of biology that deals with pathology
pathobiology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the
medical aspects.
1. (anatomy) The study of macro and
pathology 6.
microscopic abnormalities in tissues.
 2. (Clinical pathology) Medical specialty that is
concerned with the diagnosis of disease
based on the laboratory analysis of bodily
fluids, such as blood, urine.
3. (mathematics) Any mathematical
phenomenon considered atypically bad or
counterintuitive.
4. (Pathological science) A process by which
the scientific process is distorted through
wishful thinking or subjective bias.
5. (speech) The area of rehabilitative
medicine that treats of speech or
swallowing impediments.
pathophysiolog The physiological processes associated with
 physiopathology
y disease or injury or study of it.
The study of the early Christian writers who are
patrology
designated Church Fathers.
1. (soil study) The study of soils in their
natural environment.  paidology
pedology
2. (children study) The study of children's  paedology
behavior and development.
The study of the behavior of the government of
Pekingology  Pekinology
the People's Republic of China.
pelology The study of the therapeutic uses of mud.
The study of the processes devised and adopted
penology
for the punishment and prevention of crime.
pentology† A series of five related works.
A branch of medicine that focuses on managing
health concerns of the mother and fetus prior to,
perinatology
during, and shortly after pregnancy; Maternal-fetal
medicine.
The specialty of dentistry that studies supporting
periodontology structures of teeth, as well as diseases and
conditions that affect them; periodontics.
perissology† Superfluity of words, verbosity.
1. The assessment of a person's character or
personality from outer appearance,
especially the face.
personology 1. physiognomy
2. A theory of personality
psychology advanced by Henry
Murray and others.
pestology The study of pests.
The study of origin, occurrence, movement,
petrogeology accumulation, and exploration of hydrocarbon  petroleum geology
fuels.
The branch of geology that studies the origin,
petrology
composition, distribution and structure of rocks.
The study of periodic plant and animal life cycle
phaenology  phenology
events and how these are influenced by seasonal
 and interannual variations in climate, as well as
habitat factors (such as elevation).
phagology The study of habits related to eating or feeding.
phallology The study of the penis.
The scientific study of spiritualistic manifestations
phantasmology  spectrology
and of apparitions.
phantomology The study of supernatural beings.
pharmacoendoc
The pharmacology of endocrine function.
rinology
1. A branch of pharmacology
and pharmacovigilance that deals entry of
pharmacoenviro chemicals or drugs into the environment
3.
nmentology after elimination from humans and animals
as post-therapy.
2. The environmental impact of a drug.
The branch of medicine and biology concerned
pharmacology
with the study of drug action.
The scientific study of lighthouses and signal lights,
pharology  pharonology
their construction and illumination.
The scientific study of the pharynx and its
pharyngology
diseases.
The study of periodic plant and animal life cycle
events and how these are influenced by seasonal
phenology
and interannual variations in climate, as well as
habitat factors.
1. May be used to describe empirical
research when used to describe
measurement methods in some sciences,
or empirical relationships.
2. (architecture) An aspect
of philosophy based on the experience of
building materials and their sensory
properties.
3. (archeology) The use of sensory
experiences to view and interpret an
archeological site or cultural landscape.
4. (particle physics) A branch of particle
physics that deals with the application of
phenomenology 9.
theory to high-energy experiments.
5. (philosophy) The philosophical study of the
structures of experience and
consciousness or the school of philosophy
founded by Edmund Husserl.
6. (psychology) The study of subjective
experience.
7. (religion) The experiential aspect of
religion, describing religious phenomena in
terms consistent with the orientation of
worshippers.
8. (mathematical model) A mathematical
expression that relates several different
 empirical observations of phenomena to
each other, in a way which is consistent
with fundamental theory, but is not directly
derived from theory.
pherology The study of human carrying capacity of the Earth.
philematology The science and study of kissing.
philology The study of language in written historical sources.
The medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis and
phlebology  venology
treatment of venous disorders.
A branch of linguistics concerned with the
phonology
systematic organization of sounds in languages.
The study of disease carriers and epidemic
phorology
or endemic diseases.
The scientific study of the interactions of light and
photobiology
living organisms.
The study of or application of aerial
photoecology
photography to ecology and land management.
The study or use of aerial photography to interpret  photogeomorphol
photogeology
geologic features. ogy
photogeomorph The study or use of aerial photography to interpret
 photogeology
ology geologic features.
photology The study of light.
The study of set or fixed expressions, such
as idioms, phrasal verbs, and other types of multi-
phraseology
word lexical units (often collectively referred to
as phrasemes).
A pseudomedicine primarily focused on
measurements of the human skull, based on the
phrenology concept that the brain is the organ of the mind, and  craniology
that certain brain areas have localized, specific
functions or modules.
The study of or the care, treatment, and study
phthisiology
of tuberculosis of the lung.
phycology The scientific study of algae.  algology
The study of matter and its motion and behavior
physicology through space and time, along with related
concepts such as energy and force; physics.
1. A branch of biology that deals with the
functions and activities of life or of living
matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of
physiology the physical and chemical phenomena 3.
involved.
2. The study and description of natural
objects.
physiopatholog The physiological processes associated with
 pathophysiology
y disease or injury.
phytobacteriolo The study and diagnosis of bacterial diseases of
gy plants.
  paleophytology
phytolithology The study of fossil plants.  phytopaleontology
 paleobotany
phytology The study of plants; botany.
phytomorpholog The study of the physical form and external
 plant morphology
y structure (morphology) of plants.
phytonematolog
The study of plant nematodes.
y
 paleobotany
phytopaleontolo
The study of ancient plants and plant fossils.  paleophytology
gy[c]
 phytolithology
phytopathology The scientific study of diseases in plants.  plant pathology
phytopharmacol 1. The study of the effects of drugs on plants.
3.
ogy 2. The study of medicine from plant sources.
phytophenology The study of phenology pertaining to plants.
phytophysiology The study of the physiology of plants.
The branch of science which deals with plant
communities, their composition and development,
phytosociology
and the relationships between the species within
them.
phytovirology The study of plant viruses.
pimpology The study or practice of pimping or being a pimp.
piscatology The study, art, or science of fishing.
pisteology The science or study of faith.  pistology
pistology The branch of theology dealing with faith.  pisteology
placentology The study of the placenta.
The scientific study
of planets (including Earth), moons, and planetary
planetology
systems (in particular those of the Solar System)
and the processes that form them.
plangonology The study of dolls or the collection of dolls.
planktology The study of plankton.
plutology The study of wealth.  aphnology
The study of spiritual beings and phenomena,
pneumatology especially the spiritual aspect of human beings and
the interactions between humans and God.
pneumology The study of the respiratory system and its organs.  pulmonology
pneumonology The study of the respiratory system.
 podiatry
podology The study of the feet.
 chiropody
The study of the processes devised and adopted
poenology  penology
for the punishment and prevention of crime.
pogonology The study of beards.
polemology The study of human conflict and war.
A synonym for the academic study of political
science. It is infrequently used in English-speaking
politicology  political science
North America, yet the term is more commonly
employed in Europe and elsewhere.
The academic branch of political science that
focuses on politics. However, this term is not in
politology popular circulation within the United States,
perhaps as it may be confused with the preceding
"ology."
The study of worms belonging to the
polychaetology
class Polychaete.
pomology A branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruit.
1. The study of evil.
ponerology 2. (political) An interdisciplinary study of social 3.
issues.
The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the
posology
determination of appropriate dosages.
potamology The study of rivers.
The deductive study of human action based on the
praxeology notion that humans engage in purposeful behavior,  praxiology
as opposed to reflexive behavior.
primatology The scientific study of primates.
The branch of medicine dealing with the pathology
proctology
of and surgery upon the colon, rectum, and anus.
projectiology The study of Out-of-body experiences.
promenadology The science of strolling.  strollology
1. The study of the organization of the egg
especially with reference to localization of
subsequently developed embryonic
promorphology structures. 3.
2. The branch of morphology that studies the
forms of organisms from a mathematical
point of view.
protistology The scientific study of protists.
protoanthropolo The study of humans prior to the invention of
gy writing.
protoarcheology The study of prehistoric human artifacts and human
[a]
fossils.
protozoology The study of protozoa.
A branch of political science which deals with the
psephology
study and scientific analysis of elections.
pseudology† Falsehood of speech, the art of lying.
psilology† Trivial or vacuous talk.
 1. The study of the application of principles of
biology to the study of physiological,
genetic, and developmental mechanisms
of behavior in humans and other animals. 1. biological
psychobiology psychology,
2. The branch of psychology that interprets
biopsychology
psychological phenomena in terms of
adaptation to biological, environmental,
and other factors.
 psychoendoneuroi
mmunology
The study of the interaction between psychological (PENI)
psychoneuroim
processes and the nervous and immune systems
munology  psychoneuroendo
of the human body.
crinoimmunology
(PNEI)
The study of behavior and mind, embracing all
psychology aspects of conscious and unconscious experience
as well as thought.
psychopatholog
The scientific study of mental disorders.
y
phsychopharma The scientific study of the effects drugs have
cology on mood, sensation, thinking, and behavior.
The branch of psychology that is concerned with
psychophysiolo
the physiological bases of psychological
gy
processes.
The study of problems common
psychosociolog to psychology and sociology, particularly the way
y individual behavior is influenced by the groups the
person belongs to.
psychotechnolo Any application of technology for psychological
gy† purposes.
pteridology The study of ferns and other pteridophytes.
1. The branch of ornithology that studies the
areas upon which birds grow feathers;
pterylology 3.
pterylography.
2. The study of pterylosis.
ptochology The study of pauperism or poverty.
 pneumology
pulmonology The study of the respiratory system and its organs.
 respirology
punnology The art or practice of making puns or paronomasia.
The study of pseudoscientific speculations
pyramidology
regarding pyramids.
pyretology The study of fevers.
pyrgology The study of towers.
1. The art of using a blowpipe, and often a
charcoal block, to analyse minerals and
pyritology 3.
metal salts.
2. The study of pyrite or the pyrite group.
 The scientific study of the effects of heat or flame,
pyrology often in regards to explosives or chemical
compounds.

Q[edit]
Synonyms
-ology
Description
Word
Alternative spellings

The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in

quinology
medicine as quinine.

quintology† A novel or piece of literature divided into five works.  pentalogy

R[edit]
Synonyms

-ology Word Description

Alternative spelling
s

The practice of performing arithmetic

rabdology using Napier's bones named after a treatise  rhabdology
by John Napier.
The study of races and ideas trying to justify the
beliefs of racism, racialism, and other ideas of  racial
raciology
classifying individuals of different phenotypes into anthropology
discrete races.
radarmeteorolog The study or use of radar in meteorology,
y especially to track water and ice in clouds.
The study of the effect of ionizing radiation on
radiobiology
living things.
The study of the effects of radiation and radioactive
radioecology substances on ecological communities and natural
ecosystems.
1. The study of the distribution of radioactive
elements in the Earth's crust.
radiogeology 3.
2. A technique of dating materials by
examining their radioactivity.
The study of hydrology as used in the processing
radiohydrology
of radioactive materials.
The study
radioimmunology of immunology using antigens or antibodies labelle
d with radioisotopes.
1. A medical specialty that uses imaging to
diagnose and treat diseases seen within
radiology the body.  roentgenology
2. The use of radioactive substances in
diagnosis and treatment of disease.
 1. The technical application of any form
radiotechnology of radiation to industry. 3.
2. The technology of a radio.
reactology The scientific study of psychological reactions.
The academic study of Cao Xueqin's Dream of the
redology Red Chamber, one of the Four Great Classical
Novels of China.
1. An alternative medicine involving a system
of massage and application of pressure
reflexology used to relieve tension and illness. 3.
2. The study and interpretation of behavior in
terms of simple and complex reflexes.
The study of diseases involving the respiratory
respirology  pulmonology
tract.
The practice of performing arithmetic
rhabdology using Napier's bones named after a treatise  rabdology
by John Napier.
rheology The study of the flow of matter.
rhematology The study of rhemes.
rheumatology The study of rheumatic disorders.
rhinology The study of the nose, including the sinuses.
ribozymology The study of ribozymes.
rickettsiology The study of rickettsia.
The study of Jack the Ripper, an unidentified serial
Ripperology
killer.
 rontgenology
The study or use of radiation in the treatment or
roentgenology  radiology
diagnosis of disease; radiography.
 röntgenology
 rontgenology
The study or use of radiation in the treatment or  radiography
röntgenology
diagnosis of disease.  radiology
 roentgenology
rumorology The study or practice of spreading rumours.
The claimed ability to foretell the future by
rumpology analyzing the characteristics of a
person's buttocks.
The study of the Runic alphabets, Runic
runology
inscriptions and their history.

S[edit]
Synonyms
-ology
Description
Word Alternative sp
ellings
saprobiolog The study of decaying organic matter and
y animals, saprophytes, that derive nutrients from it.

The study of the soft parts of the body which include the
sarcology
studies: myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology.

satanology The study of Satan.

scatology The study of feces.  coprology

scelerology The study of the sclera of the eye.
A body of religious beliefs and practices created in 1954 by
Scientology†
American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard.
 helminthol
scolecology The study of worms.
ogy
sedimentolo The study of natural sediments (silt, clay, and sand) and of the
gy processes by which they are formed.
The scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation
seismology of elastic waves through the Earth or through other planet-like
bodies.
selenology The scientific study of the moon.
selenomorp
The study of the lunar surface and landscape.
hology
semantolog
The study of the meaning of words.
y
A discipline within linguistics concerned with the meaning of a
semasiology
word independent of its phonetic expression.
1. The science of language as expressed by signs.
sematology 2. A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words; 3.
semantics.
 semeiolog
1. (semiotics) The study of signs. y
2. (medicine) The science of the signs or symptoms of
semiology 2.
disease.
symptomatolo
3. The art of using signs in signalling.
gy

senology The branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the breast.
serology The scientific study of serum and other bodily fluids.
serpentolog
The study of snakes.
y
The scientific study of human sexuality, including human
sexology
sexual interests, behaviors and functions.
siagonology The study of jawbones.
sialosemeiol
The study and analysis of saliva in medical diagnoses.
ogy
The study of the history, society, culture,
sindhology
and literature of Sindh, a province of Pakistan.
sindonology The study of the Shroud of Turin.
 The academic study of China primarily through Chinese
sinology
language, literature, and history.
siphonapter The scientific study of fleas and other insects of the
ology order Siphonaptera.
sitiology The study of food, diet, and nutrition; dietetics.
sitology The branch of medicine dealing with nutrition and dietetics.  sitiology
 scatology
skatology The study of feces.
 coprology
A field of scientific study that is based on the hypothesis
sociobiology that social behavior has resulted from evolution and attempts
to explain and examine social behavior within that context.
socioecolog The scientific study of how social structure and organization
y are influenced by an organism's environment.
The study of society, human social interaction and the rules
and processes that bind and separate people not only as
sociology
individuals, but as members of associations, groups and
institutions.
An interdisciplinary field of research encompassing sociology
sociophysiol
and physiology that studies the physiological side of human
ogy
interrelations.
The study or science of the human body's physical nature as a
somatology
branch of anthropology.
somatotypol
The study of somatotypes.
ogy
somnology The scientific study of sleep and related disorders.
The study of sound in a variety of disciplines.

1. (medicine) The field of radiology using medical

ultrasonography.
2. (electronic music) The use or study 4.
sonology
of Acoustics, electronics, informatics, composition and
psychoacoustics in electronic musicand computer
music.
3. The use of sound for therapeutic and religious
purposes.
1. A philosophical concept regarding wisdom, as well as
sophiology a theological concept regarding the wisdom of God. 3.
2. The science of ideas.
sophology The study of wisdom.
soteriology The study of religious doctrines of salvation.
The study of politics and policies of the Soviet Union and
Sovietology
former communist states.
The study of the interaction between matter and
spectrology electromagnetic radiation and the analysis of the
electromagnetic spectrum.
 spelacolog
speleology The study of caves and other karst features.
y
  spelæolog
y
 spelaeolog
y
1. The study of trivia.
spermology 3.
2. The study of seeds.
sphagnolog
The study of sphagnum moss.
y
sphygmolog
The study of the pulse and its use in diagnosis of disease.
y
spinology† The technique or skill of spinning drum sticks.
splanchnolo
The study of the visceral organs.
gy
splenology The study of the spleen and its diseases and functions.
spongiology The study of sponges (phylum Porifera).
The study of predicting a persons future by analyzing the
sporalogy position of trams at the moment of a persons birth. (A parody
of astrology by astronomer Nils Mustelin).
stasiology The study of political parties.
 stemmatic
stemmatolo The study of multiple surviving versions of the same text with s
gy the aim of reconstructing a lost original.  stemmolo
gy
The three-dimensional interpretation of two-dimensional cross
stereology
sections of materials or tissues.
stichology The study of poetic metres.
stigmeology The art of punctuation.
1. (physiology) The study of the elements, or principles,
composing animal tissues.  stoichiolog
2. (logic) The doctrine of the elementary requisites of y
stœchiology
mere thought.  stoechiolo
3. The statement or discussion of the first principles of gy
any science or art.
stomatology The study of the mouth and nearby organs and their disorders.
storiology The study of folklore and legends.
The study of algorithms and data structures used for
stringology
processing text strings in programming and computing.
 promenad
strollology The science of strolling.
ology
stromatolog
The study of stratified rocks.
y
stygobiology The study of stygofauna.
The scientific study of suicidal behaviour and suicide
suicidology
prevention.
Sumerology The study of the ancient Sumerian civilization.
switchology† The settings of switches on panels.
symbiology The study of symbiosis.
The study of symbols.

1. The study of signs and symbols; semiotics.

2. (iconography) The branch of art history which studies
images.
symbology 1. symbolology
3. (Symbolic anthropology) A diverse set of approaches
within cultural anthropology that view culture as a
symbolic system that arises primarily from human
interpretations of the world.
4. An encoding scheme, particularly for barcodes.
symbolology The study or use of symbols.  symbology
symptomato A set of symptoms characteristic of a medical condition or  symptomol
logy exhibited by a patient. ogy
symptomolo A set of symptoms characteristic of a medical condition or  symptoma
gy exhibited by a patient. tology
synchronolo The systematic arrangement of synchronous or
gy contemporaneous events.
syndesmolo
The study of ligaments.
gy
 synechiolo
synechology The theory of continuity or universal causation.
gy
synecology The ecological study of whole plant or animal communities.
synoecology The study of relationships between species.
synosteolog
The study of joints.  arthrology
y
syphilology The scientific study of the diagnosis and treatment syphilis.
systematolo
The study of nature regarding the formation of systems.
gy
systemology The study of systems and the logic of systems.

T[edit]
Synonyms

-ology Word Description

Alternative spelling
s

The study of the culture, history, art and

Tangutology
language of the ancient Tangut people.

The study of the underworld or doctrine

tartarology
pertaining to Hell.
1. (rhetoric) A self-reinforcing pretense of
significant truth.
tautology 5.
2. (grammar) The use of redundant words.
3. (logic) A universal truth in formal logic.
 4. (rule of inference) A rule of replacement
for logical expressions.
The technique or study of identifying, naming,
taxology
and classifying things; taxonomy.
technicology Technology.
1. Machinery and equipment developed
from the application of scientific
knowledge.
2. The collection of techniques, skills,
technology†  technicology
methods and processes used in the
production of goods or services or in the
accomplishment of objectives, such as
scientific investigation.
tecnology The study of children.  pedology
A Bogdanovian discipline that unified all social,
tectology biological and physical sciences by considering  tektology
them as systems of relationships.
The collection of beer mats or beverage
tegestology†
coasters.
The philosophical study of nature by attempting
teleology to describe things in terms of their apparent
purpose, directive principle, or goal.
The study of teleseisms or very distant seismic
teleseismology
events.
The branch of physical geography concerned
telmatology with the study of wetlands, such
as marshes or swamps.
tenontology The study of tendons.
A geochronological technique that uses discrete
layers of tephra—volcanic ash from a single
tephrochronology eruption—to create a chronological framework in
which paleoenvironmental or archeological recor
ds can be placed.
The study of abnormalities of physiological
teratology
development.
1. The study of terms and their use.
terminology 2. A set of terms used for a specific 3.
application or study.
The technology of
installation, commissioning, maintenance,
terotechnology† replacement and removal of plant machinery and
equipment, of feedback to operation and design
there of.
testaceology The study of testaceous mollusks.  conchology
A series of four related works. Often
tetralogy†
misspelled tetrology.
A branch of malacology dealing with the study
teuthology
of cephalopods.
 1. The study of the production of texts.
textology 2. A branch of linguistics that deals 3.
with texts as communication systems.
thanatology The scientific study of death.
thaumatology The study of miracles.
theology The study of god and religious ideas.
The science of healing and treatment of
thereology
diseases; therapeutics.
A branch of veterninary medicine concerned with
theriogenology
reproduction.
 mammalogy
theriology The study of mammals.  mastology
 therology
The branch of ecology that focuses on the effects
thermoecology
of the temperature change.
1. The study of heat.
2. (medicine) A science that
thermology 3.
uses infrared images of the body to
diagnose problems.
The branch of pathology that focuses on the
thermopathology
effects of the temperature change.
 theriology
therology The study of mammals.  mastology
 mammalogy
The scientific study of Ancient
Thracology
Thrace and Thracian antiquities.
The field of breeding or propagating plants and
thremmatology
animals.
 alimentology
threpsology The study of nutrition  sitiology
 sitology
The study of those human aspects that precede
thymology
or cause purposeful human behavior.
The study of things related to Tibet, including
its history, religion, language, politics and the
Tibetology
collection of Tibetan articles of historical, cultural
and religious significance.
tidology The science or study of tides.
timbrology The study of postage stamps; philately.
timology The study of values or excellence.
tocology The study of childbirth and obstetrics.  tokology
tokology The study of childbirth and obstetrics.  tocology
tonology The study of tone in human languages.
1. (mathematics) The properties of space
topology 8.
that are preserved
 under continuous deformations, such as
stretching and bending, but not tearing or
gluing. This can be studied by
considering a collection of subsets,
called open sets, that satisfy certain
properties, turning the given set into
what is known as a topological space.
2. (membrane topology) The specific
orientation of transmembrane proteins.
3. (electronics) The configuration of
electronic components.
4. (Network topology) Configurations of
computer or biological networks.
5. (Geospatial topology) The study or
science of places with applications
in earth science, geography, human
geography, and geomorphology.
6. (cartography) Used to described a map
(topological map is) that is greatly
simplified but preserves the
mathematical topology while sacrificing
scale and shape.
7. (phylogenetics) The branching pattern of
a phylogenetic tree.
A branch of biology, chemistry, and medicine
toxicology concerned with the study of the adverse effects
of chemicals (poisons) on living organisms.
1. The study of projectiles and trajectories.
toxology 3.
2. Archery, or the study of archery.
The study of the neck and related injuries and
trachelology
disease.
The study of the process of change from one
transitology
political regime to another.
1. (medicine) The study of wounds and
injuries (traumas) caused by accidents or
violence to a person, and the surgical
therapy and repair of the damage.
traumatology 2. (psychology) The study, development 3.
and application of psychological and
counseling services for people who have
experienced extreme or traumatic
events.
traumatopsycholog
The study of psychologyical trauma.
y
treeology The study of trees.  dendrology
The study of science and engineering of
tribology
interacting surfaces in relative motion.
The branch of dermatology that deals with the
trichology
scientific study of the health of hair and scalp.
trilobitology The study of trilobites.
 An area of philosophy dealing with the kind of
trolleyology
moral dilemma typified by the trolley problem.
trophology The study of food combining.
1. The use of figurative language in speech
or writing.
tropology† 3.
2. The interpretation of figurative meanings
in the Bible.
truthology The study of truth.
tsiganology The study of the Romani people.
tsiology The study of or a treatise on tea.
The study of the languages, history, literature,
Turkology folklore, culture, and ethnology of people
speaking Turkic languages and Turkic peoples.
typhlology The study of blindness.

The study of types.

1. (farm) The classification of farms by

the USDA.
2. (Milewski's typology) A language
classification system.
3. (morphological) A way of classifying the
languages of the worldthat groups
languages according to their common
morphological structures.
4. (Oakeshott typology) A classification
system of medieval swords.
5. (Pavlov's typology) The first systematic
approach to the psychophysiology of
individual differences.
6. (Psychological typologies) Classifications
used by psychologists to describe the
distinctions between people.
typology 7. (Sasang typology) A classification 17.
scheme in Traditional Korean medicine.
8. (Sociopolitical typology) The four types,
or levels, of a political organization.
9. (anthropology) The division of culture by
races.
10. (archeology) The classification of artifacts
according to their characteristics.
11. (linguistics) The study and classification
of languages according to their structural
features.
12. (psychology) A model of personality
types.
13. (statistics) A concept in statistics,
research design and social sciences.
14. (theology) In Christian theology, the
interpretation of some figures and events
in the Old Testament as foreshadowing
the New Testament.
 15. (urban planning and architecture) The
classification of characteristics common
to buildings or urban spaces.
16. (Johnson's typology) A classification
of intimate partner violence (IPV).
The study of spirit rapping, or the theory that
typtology spirits communicate with the living by tapping
various codes.

U[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

The study of reports, visual records, physical

ufology evidence, and other phenomena related
to unidentified flying objects (UFO).

universology The study and science of the universe.

uranology The study of heavens.

The branch of sociology that studies the problems of

urbanology
living in cities and towns.

uredinology The study of rust molds.  urenology

urenology The study of rust molds.  uredinology

urinology The study of urine and the urinary system.
urogynecology A surgical sub-specialty of urology and gynecology.
The study of the formation, composition, effects, and
urolithology
removal of urinary calculi.
The branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and
urology medical diseases of the male and female urinary
tract system and the male reproductive organs.
uronology The branch of medicine dealing with urine.

V[edit]
Synonyms
-ology
Description
Word Alternative spellin
gs

vaccinology The study, development, and production of vaccines.

Vaticanolog The study of the politics, decisions and functioning of

y the Vatican, Holy See, and Roman Catholic Church.

velology The study and collection of vehicle tax discs.

 The branch of medicine dealing with the study and
venereology
treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.

venology The study of veins.  phlebology

vermeology The study of worms.  helminthology

vexillology The study of the history, usage, and symbolism of flags.
The study of the victims of crime, and especially of the
victimology
reasons why some people are more prone to be victims.
Vietnamolog
The study of Vietnam.
y
 enology
vinology The study of wine and winemaking.
 oenology
virology The study of viruses.
vitaminology The study of vitamins.
The study of volcanoes, lava, magma, and
volcanology related geological, geophysical and geochemical phenom  vulcanology
ena.
The study of volcanoes, lava, magma, and
vulcanology related geological, geophysical and geochemical phenom  volcanology
ena.
vulvology The study of the vulva.

W[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

woodpeckerology The study of woodpeckers.

wordology The study of words.

X[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

A fictional science, concerned with the  ‹See

xenoarcheology[a]
physical remains of alien cultures. Tfd› exoarcheology[a]

xenobiology The study of non-terrestrial life.

xenodochienology† The love of hotels or inns.
1. (science fiction) The study of alien
life.
xenology 3.
2. (genetics) Homology from horizontal
gene transfer.
The branch of xenology dealing with  astrozoology
xenozoology
extraterrestrial animals.  exozoology
xylology The study of wood.

Z[edit]
Synonyms
-ology Word Description
Alternative spellings

zooarcheology[a] The study of animal remains at archeological sites.  archaeozoology

zoogeology The study of fossil animal remains.
The scientific study of the behavior,
zoology structure, physiology, classification, and distribution  zoölogy
of animals.
zoonosology The study of animal diseases.
The veterinary study specializing in the diagnosis of
 veterinary
zoopathology animal diseases through the examination of animal
pathology
tissue and body fluids.
zoophysiology The study of the physiology of animals.
zoophytology The natural history of zoophytes.  zoöphytology
zoopsychology The study of psychology in animals.
zygology The study of zygotes.
The science of or knowledge
zymology  zumology
concerning fermentation.