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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024than•a•tol•o•gy (than′ə tol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n. - Sociologythe study of death and its surrounding circumstances, as in forensic medicine.
- Psychiatrythe study of the effects of death and dying, esp. the investigation of ways to lessen the suffering and address the needs of the terminally ill and their survivors.
- 1835–45; thanato- + -logy
than•a•to•log•i•cal (than′ə tl oj′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. than′a•tol′o•gist, n. |