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Pedology

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Noun
  1. 1
    The sub-discipline of soil science that studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification, or studies the soil profiles or solum in its natural setting. uncountable
  2. 2
    The study of the behaviour and development of children. uncountable
  3. 3
    the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pedo- (“soil”) + -ology.

Etymology 2

From pedo- (“child”) + -logy, from Ancient Greek: παῖς (paîs, “child”) and -λογία (-logía, “branch of study, to speak”).

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