Thanatology

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thanatology \Than`a*tol"o*gy\ (th[a^]n`[.a]*t[o^]l"[-o]*j[y^]),
     n. [Gr. qa`natos + -logy.]
     A description, or the doctrine, of death. --Dunglison.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  thanatology
       n : the branch of science that studies death (especially its
           social and psychological aspects)