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A LITTLE SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING

A small discovery. Yours to pass on.

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suffix ‘-logy’ in words such as biology · meaning

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Your new ahaThe study of a subject.

In the word-building sense tested here, -logy relates to the study of a subject. Source: -logy

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