TETRALOGY


Meaning of TETRALOGY in English

÷te.ˈträləjē, -ral-, -ji noun

( -es )

Etymology: Greek tetralogia, from tetra- + -logia -logy

1. : a group of four dramatic pieces including three tragedies and one satyric piece or sometimes four tragedies represented consecutively on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival

2. : a series of four connected works (as dramas, operas, or novels)

3. : a group of four symptoms that are characteristic of a disease ; specifically : tetralogy of fallot

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