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hysterology

noun

  1. hysteron proteron (a figure of speech consisting of the reversal of a natural or rational order (as in "then came the thunder and the lightning"))
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noun

  1. a treatise dealing with the uterus
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From hystero- (“higher, outer, latter, next”) + -logy.

  1. A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus
  2. hysteron proteron