EnglishMain Dictionary
-ology
Universal Words
(BrE also -logy) combining form (in nouns)
1 a subject of study:
sociology * genealogy
2 a characteristic of speech or writing:
phraseology * trilogy
-ological, -logical(also -ologic, -logic) (in adjectives):
pathological
-ologist, -logist(in nouns):
biologist
