mesology

Meaning

Noun

• The study of the mutual interrelationships between organisms and their environment; branch of biology; former term for ecology.
• The environmental or sociological influence on a person.

Related

Similar words

• ecology

Narrower meaning words

• milieu
• surroundings
• social background

Broader meaning words

• biology

Origin

• meso- + -logy; a compound with components derived from Ancient Greek μέσος + -λογία. The term arose in various European languages c. 1850, but did not exist in Ancient Greek.