acology
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἄκος (ákos, “remedy”) + -logy. The first element could be from Proto-Indo-European *Hieh₂ḱ-. Or, less likely, related to Old Irish ícc (“healing, cure”).[1] Or, of Semitic/Egyptian origin.[2]
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈkɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /əˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
- Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
- Hyphenation: a‧co‧lo‧gy
Noun
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acology (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Materia medica; the science of medical remedies, or of therapeutics.
- Synonym: iamatology
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
- ^ Bernal, M. (2020). Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilation Volume III: The Linguistic Evidence. United States: Rutgers University Press.
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