thanato-

Thanato- (or thanat- before a vowel) is a prefix meaning death, from the Greek Thanatos meaning death, used in important words like

• thanatic - deadly
• thanatism - belief in annihilation at death
• thanatist - believer in annihilation at death
• thanatobiological - related to the process of life and death
• thanatognomonic - indicative of the approach of death
• thanatographer - one who makes an account of someone's death
• thanatography - an account of someone's death
• thanatoid - resembling death
• thanatologist - a scientist of death
• thanatology - the science of death
• thanatological - pertaining to the science of death
• thanatomania - homicidal or suicidal mania
• thanatomantic - divination concerning death
• thanatometer - a thermometer used to determine if death has occurred
• thanatophidia - a division of Ophidia comprising the venomous snakes
• thanatophidian - a member of the thanatophidia
• thanatophidiologist - a studier of the thanatophidia
• thanatophilia - fascination with death
• thanatophobia - fear of death
• thanatophoric dwarfism - dwarfism from failure of endochondral bone formation. Most of these infants die soon after birth
• thanatopsia or thanatopsy - same as autopsy and necropsy
• thanatopsis - a contemplation of death
• thanatoria - places people go to be killed.
• thanatorium - a place people go to be killed.
• thanatos - the death instinct or the god of death
• thanatotyphus - malignant typhus