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hepaticology en · NOUN

Etymology

From hepatic + -ology.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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:

Deriveds

hepaticological · hepaticologist

Hypernyms

bryology

Relateds

hepatic

Translations (2)

ca hepaticologia (study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta)) · la hepaticologia (study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta))