SYMPTOMATOLOGY

Etymology

Noun

symptomatology (countable and uncountable, plural symptomatologies)

(uncountable) The science that studies the symptoms of diseases.

(countable) All the symptoms of a particular disease.

Source: Wiktionary

Symp`tom*a*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. symptomatologie.] (Med.)

Definition: The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.

Note: It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the determination of its probable course and event.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition