hepaticology

English

Etymology

From hepatic +‎ -ology.

Noun

hepaticology (uncountable)

1. The scientific study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta).
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:

     Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.

Hypernyms

• bryology

Related terms

• hepatic

Translations

study of liverworts (Marchantiophyta)

• Catalan: hepaticologia
• Latin: hepaticologia