neotology noun2 •The study of a recently discovered object, place, animal, insect, mineral, etc.Since systematics always was an integral part of neotology and paleontology, it has been possible to distinguish it as a perfectly independent science. — 1963 •Synonym of neonatologyRobert Weir (1984), in the first single-authored book on ethics in neotology in the period of the revival, relies heavily on this concept, as do others — 1986
