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thremmatology

[ threm-uh-tol-uh-jee ]

noun

Biology.
  1. the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.


thremmatology

/ ˌθɛəˈɒəɪ /

noun

  1. the science of breeding domesticated animals and plants
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thremmatology1

1885–90; < Greek thremmato- (combining form of ٳé nursling) + -logy
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thremmatology1

C19: from Greek thremma nursling + -logy
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Thremmatology, threm-a-tol′ō-ji, n. the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.

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Associated words: dysgenesis, dysgenesic, hybrid, hybridization, thremmatology. breeding freely. prolific.

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