pedology

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noun
  1. 1

    The sub-discipline of soil science that: studies soils as a component of natural systems or deals with soil genesis and soil classification or studies the soil profile or solum in its natural setting.

noun
  1. 1

    The study of the behaviour and development of children.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pedology