| 单词 | fetology |
| 释义 | fetology in British English (fiːˈtɒlədʒɪ) noun the branch of medicine concerned with the fetus in the uterus fetology in American English (fiˈtɑlədʒi) noun the branch of embryology that deals with the fetus Derived forms fetologist (feˈtologist) noun fetology in American English (fiˈtɑlədʒi) noun a field of medicine involving the study, diagnosis, and treatment of the fetus Derived forms fetologist noun Word origin [1960–65; fet(us) + -o- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, disco, parvovirus, tag question, zip code-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: anthropology, ethnology, geology, reflexology, typology |
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