glossology
The science of language; linguistics.
countable, uncountable
Erudition has been divided by a German professor into glossology, bibliology and historiology; or a knowledge of languages, a knowlege^([sic – meaning knowledge]) of languages, a knowlege of books, and a knowlege of facts.
The naming of parts of plants.
countable, uncountable
I beg leave to differ from you in printing the etymology of names that are from the Greek in English, and not in Greek letters. I think they would answer the end in view much better if they were in Greek characters; it would be far more conducive to a general knowledge of botanical glossology, and a greater stimulus to the student.
The definition and explanation of terms in constructing a glossary.
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If the indexed items (E3) are core terms for descriptive glossology (C4), they are underlined, and their definitions will be found in Annex V, in a record indicated by the notation preceding the index term.
The diagnosis of disease by examination of the tongue.
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To those who doubt the value of a well-defined system of Glossology I would say—let them account for the different appearances of the tongue in scarlet-fever and measles: why in the former it is red, and in the latter limaceous, or white; […]
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue; language”) + -ology.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry glossology (CC BY-SA 4.0).