geratologyn.
/dʒɛrəˈtɒlədʒi/ The science of the phenomena of decadence, esp. those characteristic of a species or other group of animals approaching extinction.
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micrography1658
micrology1848
biostatics1849
electrobiology1849
biotechnics1852
human biology1860
phylogeny1872
developmental biology1877
psychobiology1879
microbiology1880
biokinetics1883
bacteriology1884
geratology1884
thremmatology1888
cell biology1889
biophysics1892
biomechanics1899
pathobiology1900
biometry1901
biometrics1902
metabiology1906
bioenergetics1907
radiobiology1919
biomedicine1922
photobiology1923
virology1935
sociobiology1946
space biology1955
prebiology1963
chronobiology1969
glycobiology1988
1884 A. Hyatt in Science 8 Feb. 147/2 We may trace the death of an entire order, and show that it takes place in accordance with the laws of geratology.
Derivatives
geratoˈlogic adj. [-ic suffix] of or pertaining to geratology.
geraˈtologist n. [-ist suffix] one who studies geratology.
geraˈtologous adj. [-ous suffix] = geratologic adj.
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micrological1848
biomechanical1856
micrographic1856
biodynamical1874
microbiological1880
geratologous1884
bacteriological1886
bacterioscopic1886
psychobiological1888
biometric1894
biopsychological1895
bacteriologic1896
biometrical1896
biophysical1896
bioeconomic1899
sociobiological1904
microbiologic1909
biomedical1921
metabiological1921
psychobiologic1921
bioecological1927
radiobiologic1929
radiobiological1931
sociobiological1947
biopsychosocial1951
virological1953
glycobiology1988
1884 A. Hyatt in Science 1 Feb. 124/1 These shells appear..among the geratologous and pathological types.
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