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-ology

(word root) a science or branch of knowledge

Examples of words with the root -ology: biology, geology, psychology

ol·o·gy

(ŏl′ə-jē)

n. pl. ol·o·gies Informal

A branch of learning.

[From -ology.]

ology

(ˈɒlədʒɪ)

n, pl -gies

informal a science or other branch of knowledge

[C19: abstracted from words with this ending, such as theology, biology, etc; see -logy]

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ology - an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge

discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

symbology - the study or the use of symbols and symbolism

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Davis knew any quantity of Greek, Latin, algebra, and ologies of all sorts so he was called a fine teacher, and manners, morals, feelings, and examples were not considered of any particular importance.

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'ologies and 'isms, as well as lighter subjects, with Anne, in the becushioned parlor of that domicile.

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Any one of them knows far more about sociology and all the other ologies than the average captain of industry.

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"We want none of your ologies here," snarled Judge Witberg.

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Video and Image Enablement Workflow for Epic is a bundled offering of software and services that address the clinical information blind spots that exist when images from departmental ologies are locked in systems and not accessible from electronic health record systems or PACS.

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"A fairly serious career was drowned in chicken fat and I spent the intervening years piecing back the profile." Actress Maureen Lipman recalling her BT 'ologies' commercials.