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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.
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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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Medical definitions for tetralogy
tetralogy
[ tĕ-trăl′ə-jē, -trŏl′- ]
n.
A complex of four symptoms.
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