-logy
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-logy
word element [Gr.], science; treatise; sum of knowledge in a particular subject.
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-logia
(lō'jē-ă),1. The study of the subject noted in the body of the word, or a treatise on the same; the Eng. equivalent is -logy, or, with a connecting vowel, -ology.
2. Collecting or picking.
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-logia
Suffix meaning 1. The study of the subject noted in the body of the word, or a treatise on the same; the English equivalent is -logy, or, with a connecting vowel, -ology [G. logos, discourse, treatise]. 2. Collecting or picking.
Synonym(s): -ology (2) .
Synonym(s): -ology (2) .
[G. logos, discourse, treatise]
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-logy
Suffix denoting study, science, theory, thesis or creed.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005