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-logy or -ology

suff.

1. Discourse; expression: phraseology.

2. Science; theory; study: dermatology; sexology.

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[Middle English -logie, from Old French, from Latin -logia, from Greek -logi (from logos, word, speech; see leg- in Indo-European roots) and from -logos, one who deals with (from legein, to speak; see leg- in Indo-European roots).]

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-logy

n combining form

1. indicating the science or study of musicology

2. indicating writing, discourse, or body of writings trilogy phraseology martyrology

[from Latin -logia, from Greek, from logos word; see logos]

-logical , -logic adj combining form

-logist  n combining form