NOSOLOGY

nosology, diagnostics

(noun) the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From post-classical Latin nosologia, formed as from Greek νόσος ‘disease’ + -λογία ‘discourse, branch of knowledge’.

Noun

nosology (countable and uncountable, plural nosologies)

A treatise or written classification of diseases.

The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease.

The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease.

Anagrams

• sonology

Source: Wiktionary


No*sol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. nosologie.]

1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.

2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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