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Webster 1913 Edition


Symptomatology

Sympˊtom-a-tol′o-gy

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], symptom +
-logy
: cf. F.
symptomatologie
.]
(Med.)
The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology.
☞ It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the determination of its probable course and event.

Webster 1828 Edition


Symptomatology

SYMPTOMATOL'OGY

,
Noun.
[Gr. discourse.] The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases.

Definition 2024


symptomatology

symptomatology

English

Noun

symptomatology (countable and uncountable, plural symptomatologies)

  1. (uncountable) The science that studies the symptoms of diseases.
    • 2012, James Le Fanu, ‘Bitter Pills to Swallow’, Literary Review, issue 399:
      Big Pharma has redefined the symptomatology of medical conditions in such a way as to expand enormously the market for its drugs.
  2. (countable) All the symptoms of a particular disease.

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