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hepaticology

hepaticology noun: the scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).

Noun

hepaticology (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
    • Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii

Origin of hepaticology

From hepatic + -ology.

Words formed from hepaticology

Questions about hepaticology

What does hepaticology mean?
Hepaticology means the scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
What part of speech is hepaticology?
Hepaticology is a noun.

Words near hepaticology in the dictionary

  1. hepaticojejunostomy
  2. hepaticolithotripsy
  3. hepaticological
  4. hepaticologist
  5. hepaticologists
  6. hepaticology
  7. hepaticolous
  8. hepaticopancreaticoduodenectomies
  9. hepaticopancreaticoduodenectomy
  10. hepaticopulmonary
  11. hepatics

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