nosology, diagnostics
(noun) the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
From post-classical Latin nosologia, formed as from Greek νόσος ‘disease’ + -λογία ‘discourse, branch of knowledge’.
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.
• 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
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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