thereology rare—1.
(θɛrɪˈɒlədʒɪ)
[erron. f. Gr. θέρ-ειν to heat, in Nicander ‘to foment or apply a fomentation to (a wound)’, hence θέρων is glossed by a scholiast by ἰώµενος healing, curing: see -ology.]
The healing art. (See quot.)
| 1841 R. Park Pantology xii. iii. (1847) 418 In the branch of Thereology, we include the study of diseases, and the practice of Medicine. The name is derived from the Greek, θερεω, I cure, or take care of. |
So thereˈologist, one skilled in thereology.
| 1882 in Ogilvie (Annandale). |