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Informally, an ology is a field of study or academic discipline ending in the suffix -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, the study of the nature of values and value judgements (what does "axios" mean literally?)
• 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
• Dermatology, the field of medicine that deals with the skin
• 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
• Mineralogy
• Morphology
• Musicology
• Mycology
• Mythology
• Neurology, words about nerves
• Neuropathology
• Neurophysiology
• Numerology
• Oncology
• Ontology
• Ophthalmology
• Ornithology, words about birds
• Osteology
• Palaentology
• Parapsychology
• Pathology
• Petrology, words about rocks
• Pharmacology
• Phenomenology
• Philology
• Phonology
• Phraseology
• Physiology, words about bodies
• Psychobiology
• Psychology, words about souls
• Psychophysiology
• Radiology, words about rays
• Rheology
• Seismology
• Serology
• Sexology, the study of sex
• Sociology, words about society
• Technology
• Teleology
• Teratology, literally words about wonders, or monsters
• Theology, words about God
• Topology
• Toxicology, words about poison
• Typology
• Vexillology, the study of flags
• Zoology, words about animals

See also:

• Isms

External links:

• Whatsology
• The famous British "ology" advert