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Subject: Re: Mortality
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Date: 14 Jun 88 21:57:04 GMT
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Henry Schaffer (HES@ECSVAX.UUCP) writes:

*  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

I don't know if that's a complaint or a question, but it's in my
dictionary (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate), and is defined as "the
description or study of the phenomena of death and of psychological
mechanisms for coping with them".

"Geriatric" gets "(plural but singualr in construction): a branch of
medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and aging
people - compare gerontology",

"Gerontology" is "a branch of knowledge dealing with aging and the
problems of the aged".
 haffer  n c state univ