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The suffix is often humorously appended to other English words to create nonce words. For example, stupidology would refer to the study of stupidity; beerology would refer to the study of beer. [1] Not all scientific studies are suffixed with ology. When the root word ends with the letter "L" or a vowel, exceptions occur.
In English names for fields of study, the suffix -logy is most frequently found preceded by the euphonic connective vowel o so that the word ends in -ology. [9] In these Greek words, the root is always a noun and -o-is the combining vowel for all declensions of Greek nouns.
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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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The English language uses many Greek and Latin roots, stems, and prefixes. These roots are listed alphabetically on three pages: Greek and Latin roots from A to G; Greek and Latin roots from H to O; Greek and Latin roots from P to Z. Some of those used in medicine and medical technology are listed in the List of medical roots, suffixes and ...
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Another thought I had: this is a list of words. Not a list of words currently used, widely used, or used by scientists and doctors. As a result, there are going to be oddballs like "nosology" that were used historically but are no longer used by those in that scholarly or medical field. Nevertheless, it is a word that fits the subject of this ...