thanatologyn.

/θanəˈtɒlədʒi/

Etymology: < Greek θάνατος death + -logy comb. form. Compare French thanatologie.

The scientific study of death, its causes and phenomena. Also (originally U.S.), the study of the effects of approaching death and of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > study of

thanatology1842

1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Thanatology, a description, or the doctrine, of death.

1903 Mitchell tr. Metchnikoff Nat. Man (1904) xii. 298 The scientific study of old age and of death, two branches of science that may be called gerontology and thanatology.

1912 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 27 Apr. 1246/1 There is something more than mere transcendentalism in the Science of Thanatology.

1968 Jrnl. Indiana Med. Assoc. 61 1159/1 (heading) Thanatology resurrected.

1969 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Sept. 12/7 A Foundation of Thanatology is being formed in New York.

1972 New Scientist 2 Mar. 497/2 The most disturbing issue that has arisen anew with thanatology is the problem of what to tell the terminal patient about his illness.

1972 New Scientist 2 Mar. 497/2 Another area of thanatological controversy concerns the administration of drugs to relieve the pain of the terminally ill.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 11 July 3- f/4 Workers in the new field of thanatology are encouraging parents to take their children, even small ones, to funerals.

1977 New York Rev. Bks. 12 May 10/1 There is now a special branch of learning called ‘Thanatology’, and historians of death, like Philippe Ariès or Michel Vovelle, have suddenly appeared on the scene.

1979 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 1530/2 The near-dead are not dead; and the dead, whether surviving in some form or not, can be left to thanatology and eschatology.

Derivatives

thanatoˈlogical adj. of or pertaining to thanatology.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [adjective] > study of death

thanatological1862

1862 G. W. Balfour tr. J. L. Casper Handbk. Pract. Forensic Med. II. Title-p. Thanatological division.

1881 G. R. Jesse in Athenæum 9 Apr. 504/1 This sums up the thanatological results of an enormous amount of cruelty in previous experiments.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	thanatology
释义	thanatologyn. /θanəˈtɒlədʒi/ Etymology: < Greek θάνατος death + -logy comb. form. Compare French thanatologie. The scientific study of death, its causes and phenomena. Also (originally U.S.), the study of the effects of approaching death and of the needs of the terminally ill and their families. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > study of thanatology1842 1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Thanatology, a description, or the doctrine, of death. 1903 Mitchell tr. Metchnikoff Nat. Man (1904) xii. 298 The scientific study of old age and of death, two branches of science that may be called gerontology and thanatology. 1912 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 27 Apr. 1246/1 There is something more than mere transcendentalism in the Science of Thanatology. 1968 Jrnl. Indiana Med. Assoc. 61 1159/1 (heading) Thanatology resurrected. 1969 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 Sept. 12/7 A Foundation of Thanatology is being formed in New York. 1972 New Scientist 2 Mar. 497/2 The most disturbing issue that has arisen anew with thanatology is the problem of what to tell the terminal patient about his illness. 1972 New Scientist 2 Mar. 497/2 Another area of thanatological controversy concerns the administration of drugs to relieve the pain of the terminally ill. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 11 July 3- f/4 Workers in the new field of thanatology are encouraging parents to take their children, even small ones, to funerals. 1977 New York Rev. Bks. 12 May 10/1 There is now a special branch of learning called ‘Thanatology’, and historians of death, like Philippe Ariès or Michel Vovelle, have suddenly appeared on the scene. 1979 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 1530/2 The near-dead are not dead; and the dead, whether surviving in some form or not, can be left to thanatology and eschatology. Derivatives thanatoˈlogical adj. of or pertaining to thanatology. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [adjective] > study of death thanatological1862 1862 G. W. Balfour tr. J. L. Casper Handbk. Pract. Forensic Med. II. Title-p. Thanatological division. 1881 G. R. Jesse in Athenæum 9 Apr. 504/1 This sums up the thanatological results of an enormous amount of cruelty in previous experiments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1842
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