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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thanatology /ˌθanəˈtɒlədʒi/

▶noun the scientific study of death and practices associated with it.

– derivatives
thanatological adjective,
thanatologist noun.

– origin C19: from Gk thanatos ‘death’ + -logy.

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