Thanatology
noun
1.
the study of death and its surrounding circumstances, as in forensic medicine.
2.
Psychiatry. the study of the effects of death and dying, especially the investigation of ways to lessen the suffering and address the needs of the terminally ill and their survivors.
noun
1.
the scientific study of death and the phenomena and practices relating to it
thanatology than·a·tol·o·gy (thān’ə-tŏl’ə-jē)
n.
The study of death and dying, especially of their psychological and social aspects.
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