OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 36818

gelotology

/ˌd͡ʒɛləˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
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gelotología
The study of humour and laughter, and its effects on the body.
Let's not develop a cult of laughology (though the study of laughter in medicine has already been christened gelotology from the Greek root meaning "laughter.") Humor is an importa…
One of the founders of gelotology (gelos is Greek for "laughter"), Stanford University professor William F. Fry, also experimented on himself in the early 1960s. He drew blood samp…
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