Studies of various fields:

 

 

acarology– study of mites

 

accidence– grammar book; science of inflections in grammar

aceology– therapeutics

acology — study of medical remedies

acoustics — science of sound

adenology — study of glands

aedoeology — science of generative organs

aerobiology — study of airborne organisms

aerodonetics– science or study of gliding

 

aerodynamics — dynamics of gases; science of movement in a flow of air or gas

bacteriology — study of bacteria

balneology — the science of the therapeutic use of baths

barodynamics– science of the support and mechanics of bridges

barology– study of gravitation

batology– the study of brambles

bibliology– study of books

 

bibliotics– study of documents to determine authenticity
 

bioecology– study of interaction of life in the environment
 

biology — study of life
 

biometrics– study of biological measurement
 

bionomics– study of organisms interacting in their environments
 

botany– study of plants
 

bromatology — study of food
 

brontology — scientific study of thunder
 

campanology– the art of bell ringing
 

carcinology– study of crabs and other crustaceans
 

cardiology– study of the heart
caricology– study of sedges

 

carpology — study of fruit
 

cartography — the science of making maps and globes
 

cartophily– the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
 

castrametation — the art of designing a camp
 

catacoustics–science of echoes or reflected sounds
 

catalactics– science of commercial exchange
 

catechectics — the art of teaching by question and answer
 

cetology — study of whales and dolphins
 

chalcography– the art of engraving on copper or brass
 

chalcotriptics– art of taking rubbings from ornamental brasses
 

chaology — the study of chaos or chaos theory
 

characterology — study of development of character
 

chemistry– study of properties of substances
 

chirocosmetics– beautifying the hands; art of manicure
 

diabology– study of devils
 

diagraphics– art of making diagrams or drawings
 

dialectology — study of dialects
 

dioptrics — study of light refraction
 

diplomatics — science of deciphering ancient writings and texts
 

diplomatology– study of diplomats
 

docimology– the art of assaying
 

dosiology– the study of doses
 

dramaturgy — art of producing and staging dramatic works
 

Egyptology– study of ancient Egypt
 

ekistics– study of human settlement
 

electrochemistry– study of relations between electricity and chemicals
 

electrology — study of electricity
 

electrostatics– study of static electricity
 

embryology– study of embryos
 

emetology — study of vomiting
 

emmenology — the study of menstruation
 

endemiology– study of local diseases
 

endocrinology– study of glands
 

enigmatology– study of enigmas
 

entomology– study of insects
 

entozoology– study of parasites that live inside larger organisms
 

enzymology– study of enzymes
 

ephebiatrics– branch of medicine dealing with adolescence
 

epidemiology– study of diseases; epidemics
 

fluviology — study of watercourses
 

folkloristics– study of folklore and fables
 

futurology– study of future
 

garbology– study of garbage
 

gastroenterology — study of stomach; intestines
 

gastronomy– study of fine dining
 

gemmology– study of gems and jewels
 

genealogy– study of descent of families
 

genesiology– study of reproduction and heredity
 

genethlialogy– the art of casting horoscopes
 

geochemistry– study of chemistry of the earth’s crust
 

geochronology— study of measuring geological time
 

geogeny– science of the formation of the earth’s crust
 

geogony– study of formation of the earth
 

geography– study of surface of the earth and its inhabitants
 

geology — study of earth’s crust

 

geomorphogeny– study of the origins of land forms
 

geoponics– study of Agriculture
 

hydrography– study of investigating bodies of water
 

hydrokinetics– study of motion of fluids
 

hydrology– study of water resources
 

hydrometeorology– study of atmospheric moisture
 

hydropathy — study of treating diseases with water
 

hyetology– science of rainfall
 

hygiastics — science of health and hygiene
 

hygienics– study of sanitation; health
 

hygiology– hygienics; study of cleanliness
 

hygrology– study of humidity
 

hygrometry — science of humidity
 

hymnography– study of writing hymns
 

hymnology — study of hymns
 

hypnology– study of sleep; study of hypnosis
 

hypsography– science of measuring heights
 

iamatology — study of remedies
 

iatrology– treatise or text on medical topics; study of medicine
 

iatromathematics– archaic practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology
 

ichnography– art of drawing ground plans; a ground plan
 

ichnology– science of fossilized footprints
 

ichthyology– study of Fish
 

iconography– study of drawing symbols
 

iconology– study of icons; symbols
 

ideogeny– study of origins of ideas
 

ideology — science of ideas; system of ideas used to justify behaviour
 

idiomology– study of idiom, jargon or dialect
 

idiopsychology– psychology of one’s own mind
 

immunogenetics– study of genetic characteristics of immunity
 

immunology– study of immunity
 

immunopathology– study of immunity to disease
 

insectology — study of insects
 

irenology — the study of peace
 

koniology — study of atmospheric pollutants and dust
 

ktenology — science of putting people to death
 

kymatology — study of wave motion
 

labeorphily– collection and study of beer bottle labels
 

larithmics– study of population statistics
 

laryngology — study of larynx
 

lepidopterology — study of butterflies and moths
 

leprology– study of leprosy
 

lexicology — study of words and their meanings lexigraphy– art of definition of words
 

lichenology — study of lichens
 

 

limacology– study of slugs
 

limnobiology– study of freshwater ecosystems
 

limnology — study of bodies of fresh water
 

linguistics — study of language
 

lithology– malariology study of malaria
 

mammalogy– study of mammals
 

manège– the art of horsemanship
 

Mariology– study of the Virgin Mary
 

martyrology– study of martyrs
 

mastology– study of mammals
 

mathematics– study of magnitude, number, and forms
 

mazology– mammalogy; study of mammals
 

mechanics — study of action of force on bodies

 

meconology– study of or treatise concerning opium
 

melittology — study of bees
 

mereology– study of part-whole relationships
 

mesology — ecology
 

metallogeny– study of the origin and distribution of metal deposits
 

metallography– study of the structure and constitution of metals
 

metallurgy– study of alloying and treating metals
 

nidology — study of nests
 

nomology– the science of the laws; especially of the mind
 

noology– science of the intellect
 

nosology — study of diseases
 

nostology– study of senility
 

notaphily– collecting of bank-notes and cheques
 

numerology — study of numbers
 

numismatics– study of coins
 

nymphology– study of nymphs
 

obstetrics– study of midwifery
 

oceanography– study of oceans
 

oceanology — study of oceans
 

odology — science of the hypothetical mystical force of od
 

odontology– study of teeth
 

oenology– study of wines
 

oikology — science of housekeeping
 

olfactology– study of the sense of smell
 

ombrology — study of rain
 

oncology — study of tumours
 

oneirology — study of dreams
 

orthography– study of spelling
 

orthopterology– study of cockroaches
 

oryctology — mineralogy or paleontology
 

osmics– scientific study of smells
 

osmology– study of smells and olfactory processes
 

osphresiology– study of the sense of smell
 

osteology — study of bones
 

otology — study of the ear
 

otorhinolaryngology– study of ear, nose and throat
 

paedology– study of children
 

paedotrophy– art of rearing children
 

paidonosology– study of children’s diseases; pediatrics
 

palaeoanthropology– study of early humans
 

palaeobiology — study of fossil plants and animals
 

palaeoclimatology– study of ancient climates
 

palaeolimnology– study of ancient Fish
 

palaeolimnology– study of ancient lakes
 

palaeontology– study of fossils
 

philately– study of postage stamps
 

philematology — the act or study of kissing
 

phillumeny– collecting of matchbox labels
 

philology — study of ancient texts; historical linguistics
 

philosophy– science of knowledge or wisdom
 

phoniatrics — study and correction of speech defects
 

phonology — study of speech sounds
 

psychology– study of mind
 

psychopathology– study of mental illness
 

psychophysics– study of link between mental and physical processes
 

pteridology — study of ferns
 

pterylology — study of distribution of feathers on birds
 

pyretology — study of fevers
 

pyrgology — study of towers
 

pyroballogy– study of artillery
 

pyrography– study of woodburning
 

quinology — study of quinine
 

raciology– study of racial differences
 

radiology– study of X-rays and their medical applications
 

reflexology– study of reflexes
 

rhabdology — knowledge or learning concerning divining rods
 

rhabdology — art of calculating using numbering rods
 

rheology — science of the deformation or flow of matter
 

rheumatology– study of rheumatism
 

rhinology– study of the nose
 

rhochrematics– science of inventory management and the movement of products
 

runology — study of runes
 

sarcology– study of fleshy parts of the body
 

satanology — study of the devil
 

scatology– study of excrement or obscene literature
 

schematonics– art of using gesture to express tones
 

sciagraphy– art of shading
 

scripophily — collection of bond and share certificates
 

sedimentology — study of sediment
 

seismology — study of earthquakes
 

selenodesy– study of the shape and features of the moon
 

selenology– study of the moon
 

semantics — study of meaning
 

semantology– science of meanings of words
 

semasiology– study of meaning; semantics
 

topology– study of places and their natural features
 

toponymics– study of place-names
 

toreutics — study of artistic work in metal
 

toxicology — study of poisons
 

toxophily — love of archery; archery; study of archery
 

traumatology– study of wounds and their effects
 

tribology — study of friction and wear between surfaces
 

trichology– study of hair and its disorders
 

trophology– study of nutrition
 

tsiganology– study of gypsies
 

turnery– art of turning in a lathe
 

typhlology– study of blindness and the blind
 

typography– art of printing or using type
 

typology– study of types of things
 

ufology– study of alien spacecraft
 

uranography– descriptive astronomy and mapping
 

uranology– study of the heavens; astronomy
 

urbanology– study of cities
 

urenology– study of rust molds
 

urology — study of urine; urinary tract
 

venereology– study of venereal disease
 

vermeology– study of worms
 

vexillology– study of flags
 

victimology– study of victims
 

vinology — scientific study of vines and winemaking
 

virology– study of viruses
 

vitrics– glassy materials; glassware; study of glassware
 

volcanology — study of volcanoes
 

vulcanology– study of volcanoes
 

xylography– art of engraving on wood
 

xylology — study of wood
 

zenography– study of the planet Jupiter
 

zoiatrics– veterinary surgery
 

zooarchaeology– study of animal remains of archaeological sites
 

zoochemistry– chemistry of animals
 

zoogeography– study of geographic distribution of animals
 

zoogeology — study of fossil animal remains
 

zoology– study of animals
 

zoonomy– animal physiology
 

zoonosology– study of animal diseases
 

zoopathology– study of animal diseases
 

zoophysics– physics of animal bodies
 

zoophysiology — study of physiology of animals
 

zoophytology– study of plant-like animals
 

zoosemiotics– study of animal communication
 

zootaxy– science of classifying animals
 

zootechnics– science of breeding animals
 

zygology — science of joining and fastening
 

zymology — science of fermentation
 

zymurgy– branch of chemistry dealing with brewing and distilling

 

 

Compiled by: S.Umadevi.