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单词 thanatology
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
than•a•tol•o•gy  (than′ə tol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Sociologythe study of death and its surrounding circumstances, as in forensic medicine.
  2. 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. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
thanatology /ˌθænəˈtɒlədʒɪ/ n
  1. the scientific study of death and the phenomena and practices relating to it
Etymology: 19th Century: from Greek thanatos death + -logy
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