chasmology

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The study of yawning. rare,uncountable
    — What may become 2010’s Conference of the Year has just been announced. The International Congress of Chasmology will take place in June in Paris, and papers are solicited now. Anyone bored by that statement should read further, for the topic to be discussed is not diving but yawning (“chasmology” deriving from the Greek word for the pastime.)

词源

From Ancient Greek χάσμη (khásmē, “yawning”) + -ology.
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