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Hysterology

Hysterology \Hys`ter*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? the latter + ? discourse: cf. F. hyst['e]rologie.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.

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hysterology

n. 1 (context obsolete English) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus 2 (context linguistics English) hysteron proteron