necrology

n 1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short

biography [syn: {obituary}, {obit}]

2: a list of people who died recently

macrology

/mak-rol'▫-jee/ 1. Set of usually complex or {crufty}

{macro}s, e.g. as part of a large system written in {Lisp},

{TECO}, or (less commonly) {assembler}.

2. The art and science involved in comprehending a macrology.

Sometimes studying the macrology of a system is not unlike

archaeology, ecology, or {theology}, hence the sound-alike

construction. See also {boxology}.