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-λογία

-logía

study of

24 words in English grow from this root.

Anthology

Art
ἄνθοςánthos

a gathering of flowers

Archaeology

Science
ἀρχαῖοςarkhaîos

discourse about old things

Biology

Science
βίοςbíos

the study of life

Cardiology

Medicine
καρδίαkardía

study of the heart

Chronology

Earth
χρόνοςkhrónos

the reckoning of time

Dermatology

Medicine
δέρμαdérma

study of the skin

Ethnomusicology

Art
ἔθνοςéthnos

study of the music of peoples

Graphology

Words
γραφήgraphḗ

study of writing

Gynecology

Medicine
γυνή, γυναικόςgynḗ, gynaikós

study of women

Herpetology

Nature
ἑρπετόνherpetón

study of creeping things

Histology

Medicine
ἱστόςhistós

study of the web

Meteorology

Earth
μετέωραmetéōra

study of things in the air

Musicology

Art
μουσικήmousikḗ

study of the Muses' art

Mycology

Nature
μύκηςmýkēs

the study of mushrooms

Mythology

Myth
μῦθοςmŷthos

the telling of tales

Neurology

Medicine
νεῦρονneûron

study of the sinews

Oncology

Medicine
ὄγκοςónkos

study of lumps

Ophthalmology

Medicine
ὀφθαλμόςophthalmós

study of the eye

Palynology

Nature
παλύνεινpalýnein

study of what is sprinkled

Papyrology

Words
πάπυροςpápyros

study of papyrus

Physiology

Medicine
φύσιςphýsis

account of nature

Psephology

Politics
ψῆφοςpsêphos

study of pebbles

Psychology

Medicine
ψυχήpsychḗ

the study of the soul

Technology

Science
τέχνηtéchnē

the study of craft