Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loimology

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: loimol-o-gy
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of epidemiology (“the study of infectious diseases”).

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"M. Vien, secretary of the college of medicine, published a very complete Loimology."
"The loimology of the future had for its object to discover what places and what times were favorable to each epidemic disease and what unfavorable, either continuously or for a time […]"
"Zeiss also elaborated on the connections between the collection of live cultures and his own epidemiological theories, especially his notions of geomedicine and loimology."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λοιμός (loimós) + -ology.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: λοιμός
Suffix: ology

Usage

Inflected Forms

lemology (alternative)

Synonyms

epidemiology

Questions

What does loimology mean?: Synonym of epidemiology (“the study of infectious diseases”).
Where does loimology come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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