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abiology | abiology | The study of inanimate, inorganic, or lifeless things. | |
abiophysiology | The study of inorganic processes in biological systems. | ||
acanthochronology | The study of cactus spines or euphorbia thorns grown in time ordered sequence. | ||
acanthology | acanthology | The study of spined things, in particular sea urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy. | |
acarology | acarology | The study of mites and ticks. | |
accentology | accentology | The systematic analysis of word or phrase stress and accentuation in language. | |
aceology | aceology | The science of remedies or therapeutics. | |
acology | acology | The science of medical remedies, Materia Medica. | |
acridology | acridology | The study of grasshoppers and locusts (infraorder Acrididea). | |
acropathology | acropathology | The study of diseases affecting limbs. | |
actinobiology | actinobiology | The study of the effects of radiation upon living organisms. | |
actinology | actinology | The study of the effect of light on chemicals. | |
acyrology† | acyrology | The incorrect use of language. | |
adenology | adenology | The branch of medicine dealing with the development, structure, function, and diseases of glands. | |
aedoeology | The study of human genitalia. | ||
aerobiology | aerobiology | A branch of biology that studies organic particles, such as bacteria, fungal spores, very small insects, pollen grains and viruses, which are passively transported by the air. | |
aerolithology | The study of meteorites. | ||
aerogeology | The study of geological features by aerial observation and aerophotography. | ||
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aeropalynology | The study of pollen grains and spores (palynomorphs) in the atmosphere. | ||
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agathology | The science or theory of the good or goodness. | ||
agmatology | The branch of medical science that studies fractures. | ||
agnoiology | The study of things of which humans are by nature ignorant, or of things which cannot be known. |
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agnotology | The study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, particularly the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. |
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agriology | The comparative study of primitive, illiterate or "savage" cultures. | ||
agrobiology | The science of plant nutrition and growth in relation to soil conditions, especially to determine ways to increase crop yields. | ||
agroclimatology | The study of meteorological, climatological, and hydrological conditions which are significant for agriculture owing to their interaction with the objects and process of agriculture production. | ||
agroecology | The study of ecological processes that operate in agricultural production systems. | ||
agrogeology | The study of the origins of minerals known as agrominerals and their applications. | ||
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agrometeorology | The study of weather and use of weather and climate information to enhance or expand agricultural crops and/or to increase crop production. | ||
agrostology | The scientific study of the grasses (family Poaceae). |
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agrotechnology | The application of modern technology to agriculture. | ||
aitiology |
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Albanology |
Interdisciplinary branch of the humanities that addresses the language, costume, literature, art, culture and history of Albanians. |
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alethiology | The study of the nature of truth or aletheia. |
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alimentology | The study of nutrition. | ||
allergology | The study of the causes and treatment of allergies. | ||
alphabetology | The study of alphabetic systems of writing. | ||
amphibiology | The branch of zoology that deals with the class Amphibia. | ||
amphibology† | A situation where a sentence may be interpreted in more than one way due to ambiguous sentence structure. |
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anaplastology | The branch of medicine dealing with the prosthetic rehabilitation of an absent, disfigured or malformed anatomically critical location of the face or body. | ||
anarcheology[a] | The study of how people throughout history have progressed and thrived with limited government (minarchy) or with no government at all. | ||
anatripsology | The study of friction as a remedy in medicine. | ||
andrology | The medical specialty that deals with male health, particularly relating to the problems of 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. | ||
angiology | The study of the anatomy of blood and lymph vascular systems. | ||
angiopathology | The pathology of diseased blood vessels. | ||
antapology† | The reply to an apology. | ||
anthoecology | The branch of ecology that studies the relationship of flowers to their environment. | ||
anthology† | A published collection of poems or other pieces of writing. | ||
anthropobiology | The study of the biologic relationships of humans as a species. |
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anthropology | The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method. | ||
anthropomorphology† | The attribution of human characteristics to God. | ||
anthroposociology | The anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples. | ||
anthrozoology | The study of the interactions between humans and animals. | ||
antitechnology† | A philosophy opposing technology. | ||
aphasiology | The study of linguistic problems or aphasias resulting from brain damage. | ||
aphnology | The study of wealth. |
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apicology | The study of honey bee ecology. | ||
apiology | The scientific study of honey bees and honey-making. |
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apology† | An acknowledgement for a failure or mistake. | ||
arachnology | The scientific study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids. | ||
araneology | The branch of arachnology that deals with spiders. | ||
archeogeology[a] | The branch of geology that studies the geological formations of the past. | ||
archeology[a] | The study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. | ||
archeozoology[a] | The study of faunal remains or the items left behind when an animal dies. |
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archology | The study of the science of governance or the origin of things. | ||
arcology† | A field of creating architectural design principles for very densely populated, ecologically low-impact human habitats. | ||
areology | The study of the planet Mars' geology. | ||
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aristology | The art or study of cooking and dining. | ||
arkeology | The study of the story of Noah's Ark, particularly the search for physical evidence which would corroborate it. | ||
Armenology | The study of Armenian history, language, and culture. | ||
arteriology | The branch of angiology dealing with arteries. | ||
arthrology | The branch of anatomy dealing with joints. |
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arthropathology | The study of functional and structural changes 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. | ||
astroarcheaology[a] | The study of astronomical knowledge of prehistoric cultures; archaeoastronomy. | ||
astrobiology | The study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe: extraterrestrial life and life on Earth. |
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astrogeology | The science dealing with the structure and composition of planets and other bodies in the solar system. |
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astrolithology | The study of aerolites. | ||
astrology | The study of the movements and relative positions of celestial objects as a means for divining information about human affairs and terrestrial events. | ||
astrometeorology | The study of the theoretical effects of astronomical bodies and forces on the Earth's atmosphere. | ||
astroseismology | The study of oscillations in stars. |
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atheology† | The resistance or opposition to theology. | ||
atmology | The branch of science dealing with the laws and phenomena of aqueous vapour. | ||
atmospherology | The study of a planetary atmosphere. | ||
atomology | The study or doctrine of atoms. | ||
audiology | The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders. | ||
autecology | One of two broad subdivisions of ecology, which studies the individual organism or species. | ||
autology | The study of oneself. | ||
autonumerology | The study of unusual license plates. | ||
auxanology | The study of growth. |
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auxology | The study of growth. |
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axiology | The philosophical study of value. | ||
azoology | The study of inanimate nature. |
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