nosology
A treatise or written classification of diseasesA treatise or written classification of diseases.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A treatise or written classification of diseases.
(countable, uncountable)The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease.
Nosologie
the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
(countable, uncountable)The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease.
2003: Thomas Arnold … constructed a nosology of insanity explicitly on the basis of the Lockean philosophy of mind — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 312)
Translations
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Origin
From post-classical Latin nosologia, formed as from Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”)From post-classical Latin nosologia, formed as from Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “discourse, branch of knowledge”).
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Forms
plural: nosologies| Singular | nosology |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease:diagnostics
Word family
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