Neotology
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The study of a recently discovered object, place, animal, insect, mineral, etc. uncountable
"Since systematics always was an integral part of neotology and paleontology, it has been possible to distinguish it as a perfectly independent science."
- 2 Synonym of neonatology uncountable
"Robert Weir (1984), in the first single-authored book on ethics in neotology in the period of the revival, relies heavily on this concept, as do others"
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More examples"Since systematics always was an integral part of neotology and paleontology, it has been possible to distinguish it as a perfectly independent science."
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