n. [ Adeno- + -logy. ] The part of physiology that treats of the glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &unr_; a gland + -logy. ] The science which treats of the glands of the alimentary canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lichen + -logy. ] The science which treats of lichens. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n.; pl. L. Menologia E. Menologies [ NL. menologium, fr. Gr. mh`n month + lo`gos discourse : cf. F. ménologe. ] 1. A register of months. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gr. Church) A brief calendar of the lives of the saints for each day in the year, or a simple remembrance of those whose lives are not written. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wine + -logy. ] Knowledge of wine, scientific or practical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. poinh`, or L. poena, punishment + -logy. ] The science or art of punishment. [ Written also pœnology. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contracted from Phenomenology. ] (Biol.) The science of the relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena, as the migrations and breeding of birds, the flowering and fruiting of plants, etc. -- Phe`no*log"ic*al a. -- Phe`no*log"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Phe*nol"o*gist n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Phenomenon + -logy: cf. F. phénoménologie. ] A description, history, or explanation of phenomena. “The phenomenology of the mind.” Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the mind + -logy: cf. F. phrénologie. ] 1. The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In popular usage, the obsolete physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology. it is considered a pseudo-science by all reputable medical personnel, but is still believed by some people.
Syn. -- craniognomy. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

☞ Gall marked out on his model of the head the places of twenty-six organs, as round inclosures with vacant interspaces. Spurzheim and Combe divided the whole scalp into oblong and conterminous patches. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. See Penology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. selh`nh the moonn + -logy. ] That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon. -- Sel`e*no*log"i*cal a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. splh`n spleen + -logy. ] The branch of science which treats of the spleen. [ 1913 Webster ]