tetralogy (redirected from tetralogies)

te·tral·o·gy  (t-trl-j, -trl-)

n. pl. te·tral·o·gies

1. A series of four related dramatic, operatic, or literary works.

2. Medicine A complex of four symptoms.

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[Greek tetralogi : tetra-, tetra- + -logos, word, saying; see -logy.]

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tetralogy [tɛˈtrælədʒɪ]

n pl -gies

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a series of four related works, as in drama or opera

2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) (in ancient Greece) a group of four dramas, the first three tragic and the last satiric

3. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a group of four symptoms present in one disorder, esp Fallot's tetralogy

[from Greek tetralogia; see tetra-, -logy]

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tetralogy

Greek Drama, a series of four dramas, three of them tragedies and one a satyr-play; hence, any series of four related works, literary, dramatic, operatic, etc.

See also: Drama

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a series of four related works. — tetralogist, n. — tetralogical, adj.

See also: Literature

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any series of four related works, literary, dramatic, operatic, etc.

See also: Music

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tetralogy - a series of four related works (plays or operas or novels) serial, series - a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the Masterworks concert series"