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chasmology

chasmology noun: the study of yawning.

Noun

chasmology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of yawning.
    • What may become 2010’s Conference of the Year has just been announced. The International Congress of Chasmology will take place in June in Paris, and papers are solicited now. Anyone bored by that statement should read further, for the topic to be discussed is not diving but yawning (“chasmology”...2009 November 17, Steve Jones, “View from the Lab”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 48,042, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29
    • At the psychological level, the yawn has been associated with boredom at least since Roman times. Boredom, however, is a very complex idea. Nevertheless, even if it is only partially connected with yawning, boredom may still be an interesting concept for chasmology.2010 March 26, Wolter Seuntjens, “The Hidden Sexuality of the Yawn and the Future of Chasmology”, in Olivier Walusinski, editor, The Mystery of Yawning in Physiology and Disease (Frontiers of...

Origin of chasmology

From Ancient Greek χάσμη (khásmē, “yawning”) + -ology.

Questions about chasmology

What does chasmology mean?
Chasmology means the study of yawning.
What part of speech is chasmology?
Chasmology is a noun.

Words near chasmology in the dictionary

  1. chasmogamic
  2. chasmogamous
  3. chasmogams
  4. chasmogamy
  5. chasmolithic
  6. chasmology
  7. chasmophyte
  8. chasmophytes
  9. chasmophytic
  10. chasmosaur
  11. chasmosaurine

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