Ritzer and Goodman identify eight positive contributions that Comte made to sociology: 1  Comte coined the term sociology and may be viewed as its founder. 2  Comte thought of sociology as a positivistic science. 3  He elaborated four methods of sociology. 4  He distinguished social statics from social dynamics.
Definition of hematology. : a medical science that deals with the blood and blood-forming organs.
Teratology is the study of abnormalities of physiological development. It is often thought of as the study of human congenital abnormalities, but it is broader than that, taking into account other non-birth developmental stages, including puberty; and other non-human life forms, including plants.