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A discourse on, or an account of, heat. Whewell.

The doctrine of nutrition; a treatise on nutrition.

A discourse or treatise upon the tides; that part of science which treats of tides. J. S. Mill.

, or midwifery; that department of medicine which treats of parturition. [Written also tokology.]

The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place. [R.]

The art or the description of scupture such as bas-relief in metal; toreumatography.

The science which treats of poisons, their effects, antidotes, and recignition; also, a discourse or treatise on the science.

A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word. Sir T. Browne.

A discourse or treatise on types.

The science of the universe, and the relations which it involves.

A discourse or treatise on the heavens and the heavenly bodies; the study of the heavens; uranography.

See Uronology.

That part of medicine which treats of urine. Dunglison.

A discourse or treatise on worms; that part of zoölogy which treats of worms; helminthology. [R.]

The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc. [R.]

The branch of dendrology treating of the gross and minute structure of wood.

That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.

Animal pathology.

The natural history zoöphytes.

Animal psychology.