Word Study
pedology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pedology has 1 sense
- pedology(n = noun.cognition) paediatrics, pediatric medicine, pediatrics - the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of infants and children; Array is a kind of medical specialty, medicine
has particulars: neonatology
CIDE DICTIONARY
pedology, n. [Gr. pai^s, paido`s, child + -logy.].
Pediatrics. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pedology, n. the scientific study of soil, esp. its formation, nature, and classification.
Derivative
pedological adj. pedologist n.
Etymology
Russ. pedologiya f. Gk pedon ground
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