the branch of science that studies death (especially its social and psychological aspects)
例句
The content and purport of thanatology is briefly outlined at first, and then, the characteristic features of Buddhist theories on death are discussed. 佛教死亡观是对儒道为主体的中国传统死亡观的承接和拓展；
There are two research purposes of this article: on the one hand, to make clear with which approaches interpenetrates thanatology into sociology and reversed; 本文的主要目的，一方面在厘清这两大研究领域相互渗透的路径；
