Micrology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    That part of science that deals with microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation; microscopy. uncountable, usually

Etymology

Sense 1 is borrowed directly from Ancient Greek μικρολογία (mikrología, “pettiness, stinginess, triviality”), with the suffix reinterpreted as -logy. Sense 2 is micro- + -logy, effectively the same etymological components.

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