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ology

[ol-uh-jee]

noun, plural -gies. Informal or Facetious.

any science or branch of knowledge.

Origin:
1795–1805; extracted from words like biology, geology where the element -logy is preceded by -o-; see -o-

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ology (ˈɒlədʒɪ)

—n , pl -gies
	informal a science or other branch of knowledge

[C19: abstracted from words with this ending, such as theology, biology, etc; see -logy]

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