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- anthropology
- science dealing with the origin, races, customes, and beliefs of humankind
- bacteriology
- science dealing with the study of bacteria
- biology
- science dealing with the study of living organisms
- cardiology
- science dealing with the action and diseases of the heart
- criminology
- scientific study of crimes and criminals
- dermatology
- science dealing with the skin and its diseases
- ecology
- science with the relation of living things to their environment and to each other
- ethnology
- branch of anthropology dealing with human races, their origin, ditribution, culture, etc.
- genealogy
- account of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor
- geology
- science dealing with the earth's history as recorded in rocks
- meteorology
- science dealing with the atmosphere and weather
- morphology
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1. science study of the forms and structures of plants and animals
2. form and structure of an organism or any of its parts - mythology
- account or study of myths
- necrology
- list of persons who have died recently
- neurology
- scientific study of the nervous system and its diseases
- paleontology
- science dealing with the life in the remote past as recorded in fossils
- pathology
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1. science dealing with the nature and causes of disease
2. something abnormal - petrology
- scientific study of rocks
- physiology
- science dealing with the functions of living things or their organs
- physchology
- science of the mind
- sociology
- study of the evolution, development, and functioning of human society
- technology
- use fo science to achieve a practical purpose; applied science
- theology
- study of religion and religious ideas