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- noun The art or study of
kissing .
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garyth123 commented on the word philematology
The scientific study of kissing (according to the Wikipedia).
"Women are subconsciously more attracted to men whose major histocompatibility complex portion of their genome is different from their own, leading to offspring with resistance to a greater number of diseases due to heterosis, and thus having a better chance of survival."
March 8, 2009