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For example, the word dermatology comes from the root dermato plus logy. [3] Sometimes, an excrescence, the addition of a consonant, must be added to avoid poor construction of words. There are additional uses for the suffix such as to describe a subject rather than the study of it (e.g. technology).
Second, medical roots generally go together according to language, i.e., Greek prefixes occur with Greek suffixes and Latin prefixes with Latin suffixes. Although international scientific vocabulary is not stringent about segregating combining forms of different languages, it is advisable when coining new words not to mix different lingual roots.
Per metonymy, words ending in -logy are sometimes used to describe a subject rather than the study of it (e.g., technology).This usage is particularly widespread in medicine; for example, pathology is often used simply to refer to "the disease" itself (e.g., "We haven't found the pathology yet") rather than "the study of a disease".
Ology (book series), a fantasy book series by Dugald Steer; Ology, 2016 album by Gallant; Ology Bioservices, an American biopharmaceutical company; OLogy, a science website for kids from the American Museum of Natural History "Ology", song by Living Colour from the album Time's Up; List of words with the suffix -ology
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Logorrhea: a flood of words spoken quickly (see log) Scop; scept Look at; examine: Kaleidoscope: A toy in which reflections from mirrors make patterns Sphere: Ball Atmosphere: the layer of air and gas around the Earth and other planets Stat; stas Stop: Static: showing little or no change Tel; tele: Far; distant