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tetralogy

[ te-tral-uh-jee, -trah-luh- ]
/ tɛˈtræl ə dʒi, -ˈtrɑ lə- /
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noun, plural te·tral·o·gies.

a series of four related dramas, operas, novels, etc.
a group of four dramas, three tragedies and one satyr play, performed consecutively at the festival of Dionysus in ancient Athens.

Nearby words

tetrahydrogestrinone, tetrahydroxy, tetrahydrozoline, tetrahymena, tetralite, tetralogy, tetralogy of fallot, tetramer, tetramerous, tetrameter, tetramethyldiarsine

Origin of tetralogy

From the Greek word tetralogía, dating back to 1650–60. See tetra-, -logy
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British Dictionary definitions for tetralogy

tetralogy

/ (tɛˈtrælədʒɪ) /

noun plural -gies

a series of four related works, as in drama or opera
(in ancient Greece) a group of four dramas, the first three tragic and the last satiric
pathol a group of four symptoms present in one disorder, esp Fallot's tetralogy

Word Origin for tetralogy

C17: from Greek tetralogia; see tetra-, -logy
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Medicine definitions for tetralogy

tetralogy

[ tĕ-trăl′ə-jē, -trŏl′- ]

n.

A complex of four symptoms.
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