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Hysterology
Hysˊter-ol′o-gy
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] the latter + [GREEK] discourse: cf. F.
hystérologie
.] (Rhet.)
A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; – called also
hysteron proteron
. Definition 2024
hysterology
hysterology
English
Noun
hysterology (plural hysterologies)
- (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus
- (linguistics) hysteron proteron