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Meaning of "nostology" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOSTOLOGY

From Greek nostos a return home (with reference to ageing or second childhood) + -logy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NOSTOLOGY

nostology  [nɒˈstɒlədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOSTOLOGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nostology is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NOSTOLOGY


climatology
ˌklaɪməˈtɒlədʒɪ
cosmetology
ˌkɒzmɛˈtɒlədʒɪ
cytology
saɪˈtɒlədʒɪ
dermatology
ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒɪ
gerontology
ˌdʒɛrɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ
haematology
ˌhiːməˈtɒlədʒɪ
hematology
ˌhiːməˈtɒlədʒɪ
hepatology
ˌhɛpəˈtɒlədʒɪ
histology
hɪˈstɒlədʒɪ
neonatology
ˌniːəʊnəˈtɒlədʒɪ
ontology
ɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ
otology
əʊˈtɒlədʒɪ
paleontology
ˌpælɪɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ
parasitology
ˌpærəsaɪˈtɒlədʒɪ
primatology
ˌpraɪməˈtɒlədʒɪ
proctology
prɒkˈtɒlədʒɪ
rheumatology
ˌruːməˈtɒlədʒɪ
Scientology
ˌsaɪənˈtɒlədʒɪ
tautology
tɔːˈtɒlədʒɪ
teratology
ˌtɛrəˈtɒlədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOSTOLOGY

nosologist
nosology
nosophobia
nostalgia
nostalgic
nostalgically
nostalgist
nostoc
nostologic
nostological
nostomania
nostopathy
nostos
nostradamic
Nostradamus
nostril
nostro account
nostrum
nosy
nosy parker

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOSTOLOGY

archaeology
astrology
biology
biotechnology
ecology
genealogy
geology
information technology
methodology
microbiology
mythology
neurology
oncology
pathology
pharmacology
physiology
psychology
sociology
technology
terminology
theology

Synonyms and antonyms of nostology in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nostology» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOSTOLOGY

Find out the translation of nostology to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nostology from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nostology» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

nostology
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nostology
570 millions of speakers

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nostology
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

nostology
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nostology
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

nostology
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

nostology
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

nostology
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nostology
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nostologi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nostology
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

nostology
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

nostology
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nostology
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nostology
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

nostology
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नोस्ट्रॉलॉजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nostology
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nostology
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nostology
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

nostology
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nostology
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

nostology
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

nostology
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

nostology
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

nostology
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nostology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOSTOLOGY»

The term «nostology» is barely ever used and occupies the 208.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nostology

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOSTOLOGY»

Discover the use of nostology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nostology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
1 Medical study and treatment of the gerontology, nostology Robotic "caregivers": bots Science of treating the aged: gerontotherapeutics Treatment of the aged: gerocomical, gray tech V. aged: 2. 3. 4. Suffix: 1. Examining for possible treatment : ...
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
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Black and Blue: The Bruising Passion of Camera Lucida, La ...
Nostology” is not in the Oxford English Dictionary. Oscar Nybakken defines “ nostology” as “an unsatisfactory synonym for gerontology” in his Greek and Latin in Scientific Terminology (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1994), 272. 11.
Carol Mavor, 2012
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The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary: Containing All the ...
NOSTOLOGY NUCLEASE nostology (nos-iol'-o-je) [vfarin. return; \6ybt. science]. In biology, the department devoted to the study of senility. nostomania (nos-to-ma '-ne-ah) [vbaroi, return; ittwla, madness]. Nostalgia amounting to monomania.
George Milbry Gould, Richard John Ernst Scott, 1919
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
Characterized by extreme senility; belonging to the last period of old age, or " second childhood"; relating to nostology. In the nostologic stage of the life of any animal there is exhibited a return to the characteristics of the youthful state, owing to ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
< nostolog-y + -ic] Characterized by extreme senility; belonging to the last period of old age, or "second childhood" ; relating to nostology. in the nostologic stage of the life of any animal there is exhibited a return to the characteristics of the ...
‎1906
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
< nostolog-y + -ic] Characterized by extreme senility; belonging to the last period of old age, or " second childhood" ; relating to nostology. in the nostologic stage of the life of any animal there is exhibited a return to the characteristics of the ...
‎1906
7
Roget's International Thesaurus
... 400 to mention fall short 304 annum 133 ornament 847 together with 37 fail 732 nonunìformity 16a повсюду 655 to be put down 604 do - 681 noodle 501 nostalgia 833 to be thought of for - 815 nook place 182 nostology 128 incogitancy 452 ...
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson, 1911
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The Menorah: A Monthly Magazine for the Jewish Home
One of the girls is chaperoned by her mother, who sometimes makes fudge, or butter-scotch for us, and often we have quite a little time among ourselves trying to drive nostology from our camp. So you cannot blame a poor forlorn creature for  ...
‎1902
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Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases: classified ...
... interjacence 228 busy 682 under one's - present 186 near 197 manifest 525 defy 715 nosegay fragrance 400 ornament 847 nosology 655 nostalgia 833 nostology 128 nostril 351 breath of one's -s 359 stink in the -s 401 nostrum contrivance ...
Christopher Orlando Sylvester Mawson, Peter Mark Roget, 1911
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Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History
The correlations of Nostology can only be artificially separated from those of Clinology, but there existed one class of forms which can be compared only with the nostologic stage. These are the degenerate straight baculites-like shells, which ...
‎1888

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