Meronym: mortuary science
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Thanatology
//θan.əˈtɒl.əd͡ʒ.i//
Synonyms for "thanatology"
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29 translations across 28 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- танаталогія noun (scientific study of death)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 死亡學 /死亡学 noun (scientific study of death)
Czech
1 entries- thanatologie noun (scientific study of death)
Estonian
1 entries- tanatoloogia noun (scientific study of death)
Finnish
1 entries- tanatologia noun (scientific study of death)
French
1 entries- thanatologie noun (scientific study of death)
German
1 entries- Sterbensforschung noun (scientific study of death)
Gujarati
1 entries- મૃત્યુવિજ્ઞાન noun (scientific study of death)
Hindi
1 entries- मृत्युविज्ञान noun (scientific study of death)
Hungarian
1 entries- haláltan noun (scientific study of death)
Icelandic
1 entries- dauðafræði noun (scientific study of death)
Irish
1 entries- báseolaíocht noun (scientific study of death)
Italian
1 entries- tanatologia noun (scientific study of death)
Japanese
1 entries- 死生学 noun (scientific study of death)
Kazakh
1 entries- танатология noun (scientific study of death)
Korean
1 entries- 사망학 noun (scientific study of death)
Malay
2 entries- kaji kematian noun (scientific study of death)
- tanatologi noun (scientific study of death)
Marathi
1 entries- मृत्युविज्ञान noun (scientific study of death)
Persian
1 entries- مرگشناسی noun (scientific study of death)
Polish
1 entries- tanatologia noun (scientific study of death)
Portuguese
1 entries- tanatologia noun (scientific study of death)
Russian
1 entries- танатология noun (scientific study of death)
Slovak
1 entries- tanatológia noun (scientific study of death)
Spanish
1 entries- tanatología noun (scientific study of death)
Swedish
1 entries- thanatologi noun (scientific study of death)
Tamil
1 entries- மரணவியல் noun (scientific study of death)
Turkish
1 entries- tanatoloji noun (scientific study of death)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tử vong học noun (scientific study of death)
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The work is part of a growing field called comparative thanatology — the study of how different animals react to death.
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