tetralogy
[ te-tral-uh-jee, -trah-luh- ]
/ tɛˈtræl ə dʒi, -ˈtrɑ lə- /
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.
RELATED WORDS
tetrad, quaternity, quadrivium, quadruplet, quadruple, quaternion, quaternary, quadrumvirate, quartet, quadrigeminal
Nearby words
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- tetrahydroxy,
- tetrahydrozoline,
- tetrahymena,
- tetralite,
- tetralogy of fallot,
- tetramer,
- tetramerous,
- tetrameter,
- tetramethyldiarsine
Origin of tetralogy
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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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tetralogy
1650s, from Greek tetralogia, from tetra- (see tetra-) + -logia (see -logy).
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tetralogy
[ tĕ-trăl′ə-jē, -trŏl′- ]
n.
A complex of four symptoms.
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