thanatology

英 [,θænə'tɒlədʒɪ]
  • n. 死亡学
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中文词源

thanatology 死亡学，消亡学

thanato-,死亡，-logy,学说。

英文词源

thanatology (n.)
"scientific study of death," 1837, from thanato- "death" + -logy. In 1970s, some undertakers made a bid to be called thanatologists; but from 1974 that word has been used principally in reference to specialists in the needs of the terminally ill.