See Also: -logy(medicine)
logy(dictionary)
logy(dictionary)

fomentation (iou) and logy (iou)


fomentation (iou)



fomentation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin fomentatio(n-), from fomentat- pa. ppl stem of fomentare: see FOMENT verb, -ATION.]
a. The action or an act of applying a fomentation (sense 1b). LME.
b. A preparation of hot moist material or a warm or medicated lotion for application to the body. LME.
The action of fostering, stimulating, or instigating; an influence, a stimulus. E17.
The action of warming. Only in M17.

logy (iou)



-logy suffix. E19.
[French -logie or medieval Latin -logia from Greek, from logos: see LOGOS, -Y3.]
Forming nouns with the senses 'discourse' as tetralogy, trilogy, etc.; 'a characteristic of speech or language', as battology, cacology, dittology, eulogy, tautology, etc.; 'a subject of study or interest, a branch of knowledge' (usu. with -O-: see -OLOGY), as archaeology, geology, sociology, theology, zoology, etc.