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Myology vs Mycology - What's the difference?

myology | mycology |

As nouns the difference between myology and mycology

is that myology is the physiological study of muscles while mycology is the study of fungi, in the wide sense.

myology

English

Noun

(-)
  • (anatomy) The physiological study of muscles.
  • * 2000 , M. Yabe, V. G. Sideleva, Myological peculiarities of the comephoridae: an endeimc fish taxon in Lake Baikal (Pisces: Teleostei)'', K. Minoura (editor), ''Lake Baikal: A Mirror in Time and Space for Understanding Global Change Processes , page 306,
  • Examination of the myology of the Comephoridae, an endemic fish family in Lake Baikal, has revealed their morphological peculiarities.
  • * 2003 , Christian de Muizon, Christine Argot, Chapter 4: Comparative anatomy of the Tiupampa didelphimorphs; an approach to locomotory habits of early marsupials'', Menna Jones, Mike Archer, Chris Dickman (editors), ''Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials , page 61,
  • Given this, there is an urgent need for detailed compared behavioural and anatomical studies of dasyurids, especially focused on osteology, myology and arthrology.
  • * 2008 , Betty Harper Fussell, Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American Beef , page 210,
  • He greets me as if I'd been waiting all my life to learn the secrets of Bovine Myology and Muscle Profiling.

    See also

    * myotomy

    mycology

    Noun

    (-)
  • the study of fungi, in the wide sense.