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The science which treats of the viscera of the body.

A treatise on the science of entomology.

That branch of science which treats of epidemics.

The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.

Herpetology.

The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

The science which treats of the division of mankind into races, their origin, distribution, and relations, and the peculiarities which characterize them.

A treatise on morality; ethics.

The science of causes. Same as tiology.

That branch of philological science which treats of the history of words, tracing out their origin, primitive significance, and changes of from and meaning.

A formulary of prayers; the book of offices in the Greek Church, containing the liturgy, sacraments, and forms of prayers.

Mycology.

A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena.

The science which treats of the structure and functions of the stomach; a treatise of the stomach.

ce which treats: (a) Of the structure and mineral constitution of the globe; structural geology. (b) Of its history as regards rocks, minerals, rivers, valleys, mountains, climates, life, etc.; historical geology. (c) Of the causes and methods by which its structure, features, changes, and conditions have been produced…

Ghost lore. [R.] It seemed even more unaccountable than if it had been a thing of ghostology and witchcraft. Hawthorne.

An account or description of giants.

The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.

The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.

A collection of, or a treatise on, maxims, grave sentences, or reflections. [Obs.] Milton.