tetralogy

English

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tĕ-trălʹ-ə-jē, IPA(key): /tɛˈtɹæləd͡ʒi/

Noun

tetralogy (plural tetralogies)

  1. A set of four works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as four individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
    1. (historical) A group of four dramas, three tragic and one satiric, exhibited together at the festivals of Dionysus at Athens.
  2. (medicine) A combination of four symptoms.
  3. (medicine, colloquial) Tetralogy of Fallot.

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