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to·kol·o·gy

 (tō-kŏl′ə-jē)
n.
Variant of tocology.
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tokology

(tɒˈkɒlədʒɪ)
n
(Medicine) a variant spelling of tocology
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tocology, tokology

the science of obstetrics or midwifery. — tocologist, tokologist, n.tocological, tokological, adj.
See also: Birth
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Separate manuals were written for men and women, and they included William Alcott's Young Man's Guide (1833), Russell Trall's Sexual Physiology (1866), and Alice Stockham's Tokology: A Book for Every Woman (1883).