-ology, -logy, -ologist, -logist
(Greek: a suffix meaning: to talk, to speak; a branch of knowledge; any science or academic field that ends in -ology which is a variant of -logy; a person who speaks in a certain manner; someone who deals with certain topics or subjects)
The word -ology is a back-formation from the names of certain disciplines. The -logy element basically means "the study of ____". Such words are formed from Greek or Latin roots with the terminal -logy derived from the Greek suffix -λογια (-logia), speaking, from λεγειν (legein), "to speak".
The suffix -ology is considered to be misleading sometimes as when the "o" is actually part of the word stem that receives the -logy ending; such as, bio + logy.
Through the years -ology and -logy have come to mean, "study of" or "science of" and either of these suffixes often utilize the form of -ologist, "one who (whatever the preceding element refers to)".
The examples shown in this unit represent just a small fraction of the many words that exist in various dictionaries.
A more flexible kind of cartilage connects muscles with bones and makes up other parts of the body; such as, the larynx and the outside parts of the ears.
2. In biology, the science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc.
3. The study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region.
4. The study of the spatial distribution of organisms.
2. That aspect of biology that is concerned with the timing of biological events, especially repetitive or cyclic phenomena in individual organisms.
3. The study of biological time rhythms.
2. A chronological table, list, or treatise.
3. The scientific study of time and the sequence of events.
