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That branch of biology which deals with the structure of animals and plants, treating of the forms of organs and describing their varieties, homologies, and metamorphoses. See Tectology, and Promorphology.

Bryology.

That branch of botanical science which relates to the musgrooms and other fungi.

That part of anatomy which treats of muscles.

ths; esp., the collective myths which describe the gods of a heathen people; as, the mythology of the Greeks.

An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

into a language; as, the present nomenclature of chemistry is a remarkable instance of neology.

The study of young birds.

A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.

The branch of science which treats of the nervous system.

The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology. Sir W. Hamilton.

The science of intellectual phenomena.

A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.

The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.

That branch of science which relates to the ocean.

The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development.

The various relations of animals and plants to one another and to the outer world.

Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical.

s name for any science or branch of knowledge. He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever. De Quincey.

Foolish discourse. [R.]