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Definition of -ology combining form from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

-ology

combining form

NAmE//ˈɑlədʒi//

(also -logy) (in nouns)

1a subject of study sociology genealogy

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2a characteristic of speech or writing phraseology trilogy

-ological

NAmE//əˈlɑdʒɪkl//

-logical

(also -ologic, -logic) (in adjectives)

pathological

-ologist

NAmE//ˈɑlədʒɪst//

-logist

(in nouns)

biologistSee -ology in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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