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than⋅a⋅tol⋅o⋅gy

  [than-uh-tol-uh-jee]
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–noun
1. the study of death and its surrounding circumstances, as in forensic medicine.
2. Psychiatry. the study of the effects of death and dying, esp. the investigation of ways to lessen the suffering and address the needs of the terminally ill and their survivors.
Origin:
1835–45; thanato- + -logy

Related forms:
than⋅a⋅to⋅log⋅i⋅cal  [than-uh-tl-oj-i-kuhl] , adjective
than⋅a⋅tol⋅o⋅gist, noun
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than·a·tol·o·gy   (thān'ə-tŏl'ə-jē)   
n.  The study of death and dying, especially in their psychological and social aspects.

[Greek thanatos, death + -logy.]
than'a·to·log'i·cal (-tl-ŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., than'a·tol'o·gist n.
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Word Origin & History

thanatology 
1842, "scientific study of death," from Gk. thanatos "death" (from PIE *dhwene- "to disappear, die," perhaps from root meaning "dark, cloudy") + -logia "treating of." Thanatism (1900) is the belief that at death the soul ceases to exist. Hence also Thanatos (1935), the "death instinct" in Freudian psychology. In 1970s, some undertakers made a bid to be called thanatologists.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: than·a·tol·o·gy
Pronunciation: "than-&-'täl-&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
: the description or study of the phenomena of death and of psychological mechanisms for coping with them —than·a·to·log·i·cal /"than-&t-&l-'äj-i-k&l/ adjective
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thanatology than·a·tol·o·gy (thān'ə-tŏl'ə-jē)
n.
The study of death and dying, especially of their psychological and social aspects.

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