thanatology

English

Etymology

From thanato- +‎ -logy, from Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”).

Pronunciation

Noun

thanatology (usually uncountable, plural thanatologies)

  1. The scientific study of death and the practices associated with it, including the study of the needs of the terminally ill and their families.
    Meronym: mortuary science
    • 2022 May 17, Elizabeth Preston, “Elephants in Mourning Spotted on YouTube by Scientists”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      The work is part of a growing field called comparative thanatology — the study of how different animals react to death.

Translations

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.