gelotology

Etymology


From (the  of ) + English,  with participation from the American psychiatrist William F. Fry, Jr. (1924–2014) in March 1964.

Noun

 * 1)  The study of humour and laughter, and its effects on the body.

Translations

 * Albanian: gelotologji
 * Catalan: gelotologia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 笑理學
 * Finnish: gelotologia
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: gelotologia
 * Macedonian: смеотера́пија
 * Portuguese: gelotologia
 * Russian: смехотерапи́я
 * Slovene: gelotologija
 * Spanish: gelotología
 * Turkish: gelotoloji
 * Ukrainian: сміхотерапія