herpetologyn.1
/həːpɪˈtɒlədʒi/ That part of zoology which treats of reptiles.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > reptiles
herpetologya1819
a1819 R. Watt Bibliotheca Brit. (1824) III. (at cited word) Herpetology.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. I. 333 This department [sc. Reptiles] of Natural History is frequently treated of under the general title of Herpetology.
1865 Sat. Rev. 7 Jan. 30/2 Indian reptiles..omitted in general works on Herpetology.
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ˌherpetoˈlogic adj.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Herpetologic.
ˌherpetoˈlogical adj. pertaining to herpetology.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [adjective] > reptiles
herpetological1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Herpetological.
a1856 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator (1861) 80 One of the links with the Saurians which establish its herpetological relationship.
ˌherpetoˈlogically adv. in relation to herpetology.
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1886 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 320 Dr. Günther considers that herpetologically Egypt must be included in the Palæarctic region.
herpeˈtologist n. one versed in herpetology.
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the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > reptiles > one who
herpetologist1828
palaeoherpetologist1898
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Herpetologist.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xxiii. 442 The dragon of modern Herpetologists.
1883 Athenæum 24 Feb. 250 The most distinguished herpetologist in this country.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
herpetologyn.2
That part of pathology which treats of herpes; a description of herpes.
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the world > health and disease > healing > art or science of medicine > [noun] > branches dealing with specific diseases
pyretology1665
helminthology1813
syphilography1837
syphilidology1849
syphilology1854
herpetology1857
typhlology1872
inebriism1886
phthisiology1893
venereology1894
phthisiotherapeutics1899
malariology1925
rheumatology1936
bariatrics1963
1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 460 Herpetography..a description of the different forms of herpes, as Herpetology, Herpetologia, is a treatise on the same.
1893 J. Hutchinson Archives Surg. V. No. 17. 88 No. clxviii [of Catechism of Surgery] (title) Herpetology.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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