herniology

-ology

Alternative form of -logy, used for phonological reasons when the preceding morpheme ends in certain consonant sounds. · (often humorous) added to an ordinary English word to create a name for a (possibly non-existent) field of study.

也可拆解为

hernio-

Alternative form of herni- (“protruded viscus, rupture”).

-logy

A branch of learning; a study of a particular subject. · Speech