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Same as Angiology, Angiotomy, etc.

A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels. The same mythology commanded the general consent; the same angelology, demonology. Milman.

That part of anatomy which treats of blood vessels and lymphatics.

A discourses on flowers. [R.]

The science of the structure and functions of the human body.

The application to God of terms descriptive of human beings.

A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. Sir W. Hamilton.

The scientific or systematic study of honey bees.

ers wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden.

The department of zoölogy which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.

The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc.

The science of, or a treatise on, first principles. Fleming.

Same as Archæology, etc.

That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.

The science of dining. Quart. Rev.

That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.

That part of anatomy which treats of joints.

The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.

The science of aërolites.

In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.