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Vinony

algology

noun

  1. the study of algae
  2. the branch of medicine concerned with the study of pain
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English algo- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English algology From algo- (“pain”) + -logy (“branch of study”).

  1. The medical treatment of pain as practiced in Greece and Turkey.