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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun That part of medical science which treats of the organs of generation; also, a treatise on or an account of the organs of generation.

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  • noun rare, medicine Study of human genitalia.

Etymologies

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ædœ- + -ology, from Ancient Greek: αἰδοῖα (aidoia, "privy parts, pudenda") in conjunction with λόγος (logos, "explanation, narrative").

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