中文词源
thanatology 死亡学，消亡学
thanato-,死亡，-logy,学说。
英文词源
- thanatology (n.)
- "scientific study of death," 1837, from thanato- "death" + -logy. In 1970s, some undertakers made a bid to be called thanatologists; but from 1974 that word has been used principally in reference to specialists in the needs of the terminally ill.