Xref: utzoo sci.bio:1247 sci.med:5783 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!umd5!uvaarpa!mcnc!ecsvax!hes From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer) Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med Subject: Re: Mortality Summary: thanatology ? Keywords: necrology? Message-ID: <5270@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: 14 Jun 88 02:01:44 GMT References: <36@feedme.UUCP> <577@jjmhome.UUCP> Organization: NC State Univ. Lines: 3 I know I've seen the term "thanatology" (from the Greek root for "death".) However this compound word is not in my dictionary. --henry schaffer n c state univ