Study of the customs of primitave peoples in relation to modern society.
Agrobiology
Science of biology, plant nutrition, and growth as applied to agriculture.
Agrology
The science of soils in relation to crop production.
Agronomy
The Science of crop production.
Agrostography
Study of grasses.
Anatomy
Study of the physical makeup of animals and plants.
Astrology
Study of the stars, including galaxies, and planets.
Astronomy
Study of the heavens in relation to the Earth. This is considered by some to be a science and for many years went hand in hand with Astrology.
Autoecology
Ecology of individual species as opposed to communities (synecology).
Bacteriology
Study of bacteria.
Biochemistry
Study of chemical substances and the chemical process of living things.
Bionomics
Study of the relation of an organism or population of organisms to its environment, animate and inanimate.
Biophysics
Application of physics to the study of living things.
Biosystematics
Aspect of systematics concerned with variation and evolution of species.
Botany
Study of plants.
Cardiology
Study of the cardiovascular system and its relation to the rest of the organism.
Cytogenetics
Science which links the study of the visible appearance of the chromosome with genetics.
Cytology
Study of cells.
Cytotaxonomy
Classification based on characters of somatic chromosomes.
Demography
Study of human populations.
Dermatology
Study of skin.
Ecology
Study of the relations of animals and plants, particularly of animal and plant communities, to their surroundings, animate and inanimate.
Embryology
Study of the development of embryos.
Endocrinology
Study of hormones, their production, nature, and effects.
Entomology
Study of Insects.
Ethology
Study of the behavior of and animal in its environment.
Eugenics
Study of possibility of improving humanity by altering its genetic composition. Formerly by encouraging breeding of those presumed to have desirable genes and discouraging all others (Like the Nazis and the Aryan race.) Now is done by genetic splicing.
Floristics
Study of composition of vegetation in terms of the species (flora) present in it.
Forensic Medicine
Science concerning medicine and the law; medical jurisprudence. Example:Forensic pathology studies dead tissues to determine how the organism died. Used in law enforcement; forensic studies can encompass all the scientific fields.
Genecology
Study of the genetical composition of plant populations in relation to their habitats.
Genetics
Study of heredity and variation; of the resemblances and differences between organisms.
Geobotany
Branch of botany dealing with all aspects of relations between plants and the earth's surface. Comprises plant ecology and plant geography.
Geozoology
Branch of zoology dealing with all aspects of relations between animals and the earth's surface. Comprises animal ecology and animal geography.
Helminthology
Study of parasitic worms.
Hematology
Study of blood.
Histochemistry
Study of the distribution of particular chemical substances, by specialized staining methods, etc., within sections or whole mounds of tissue.
Histology
Study of tissue.
Homogenetics
Study of origin in and descent from a common ancestor.
Homology
Study of similarities between different species.
Horticology
Study of plant growth.
Horticulture
Science of cultivation of plants.
Ichthylogy
Study of fish.
Immunogenetics
Study of the genetics of antibodies.
Karyology
Study of the nucleus.
Limnology
Study of the freshwaters and their inhabitants.
Lithology
Study of mineral constituents and stratigraphical arrangement of rocks.
Meterology
Study of weather.
Microbiology
Study of microorganisms.
Morphology
Study of form.
Mycology
Study of fungus.
Neurology
Study of the nervous system and it relations to the rest of the organism.
Oncology
Study of cancer.
Ontogenetics
Study of the course of development during an individual's life history.
Orthogenetics
Study of progressive evolution in a certain direction, seen in successive generations and leading to a definitely new species.
Palaeobotany
Study of fossil plants.
Palaeontology
Study of fossils.
Palaeozoology
Study of fossil animals.
Palynology
Pollen analysis.
Pathology
Study of diseases and dead tissues.
Phenology
Study of periodicity phenomena of plants, e.g. time of flowering in relation to climate.
Phrenology
Study of the contours of the skull in relation to the animals psychological makeup.
Phycology
Study of algae.
Phylogenetics
Study of evolutionary descent.
Physiology
Study of the processes which go on in living organisms.
Phytogenetics
Study of genetic makeup of plants.
Phytogeography
Study of geographical distribution of plants.
Phytopathology
Study of plant diseases.
Phytosociology
Study of plant communities that make up vegetation, including orogin, formation, composition, and structure.
Primatology
Study of primates.
Serology
Study of antigen-antibody reactions.
Synecology
Ecology of communities as opposed to individual species.
Systematics
Identification, classification, and nomenclature of species.
Taxonomy
Study of classification of organisms according to resemblances and differences.
Topography
Study of maps representing surface features.
Volcanology
Science of dealing with volcanoes and their phenomena.
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