different between cytology vs cynology

English

Etymology

cyto- (“cell”) +? -logy

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sa??t?l?d??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sa??t?l?d??i/
• Hyphenation: cy?tol?o?gy

Noun

cytology (uncountable)

1. (biology) The study of cells.
2. Cytopathology.

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English

Etymology

cyno- +? -logy

Noun

cynology (uncountable)

1. The study of dogs.
   • 1892, The Journal of Comparative Medicine and Veterinary Archives,

     Professor Mills has done excellent work in his course on "Cynology, the Dog and his Diseases," a subject hitherto only taught incidentally in any college ...

   • 1951, The American Mercury,

     Students of cynology can trace in the dictionary the dog's remarkable rise in the public esteem in this century.

   • 1985, The Complete Dog Book, published by the American Kennel Club,

     The annals of cynology make no further mention of the breed until 1901 when a combined Rottweiler and Leonberger Club was formed.

   • 1990, Austin Farrer, in his introduction to G. W. Leibniz’ Theodicy; quoted in Charles Taliaferro’s 2005 Evidence and Faith,

     Now neither probatology nor cynology could hope to be universal — the world is not all sheep nor all dog: it would have to be hylology; ...

Related terms

• cynologist

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