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Informally, an ology is an academic discipline ending in -ology. Such words are formed from Greek or Latin roots with the terminal -ology meaning "words about".

"An ology. He gets an ology and he says he's failed. 
 You get an ology, you're a scientist!"
 Maureen Lipman, in a 1980s British Telecom TV ad 

Here is a list of some ologies (filtered from a word list):

• Anthropology, words about mankind
• Archaeology
• Assyriology, words about the Assyrians
• Astrology, words about stars
• Axiology, words about axios (which means what in the Greek language?)
• Biology, words about life
• Cardiology, words about the heart
• Climatology, words about the climate
• Cosmology, words about the cosmos
• Cryptology, words about hidden things
• Cytology
• Demonology, words about demons
• Ecology
• Egyptology, words about the ancient Egyptians
• Embryology
• Entomology
• Enzymology
• Epidemiology
• Epistemology
• Ethnology
• Ethology
• Etymology
• Geochronology
• Geology
• Gerontology
• Haplology
• Herpetology
• Histology
• Horology
• Hydrology
• Lithology
• Meteorology
• Methodology
• Morphology
• Musicology
• Mycology
• Mythology
• Neurology, words about nerves
• Neuropathology
• Neurophysiology
• Numerology
• Oncology
• Ontology
• Ophthalmology
• Ornithology, the study of birds
• Osteology
• Palaentology
• Parapsychology
• Pathology
• Petrology
• Pharmacology
• Phenomenology
• Philology
• Phonology
• Physiology
• Psychobiology
• Psychology, words about souls
• Psychophysiology
• Radiology
• Rheology
• Seismology
• Serology
• Sociology, words about society
• Technology
• Teleology
• Teratology, literally words about wonders, or monsters
• Theology
• Topology
• Toxicology
• Typology

• Zoology

See also:

• Isms

External links:

• Whatsology
• The famous British "ology" advert