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nosology

Word definitions for nosology in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Nosology is a branch of medicine that deals with classification of diseases .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"study of diseases," 1721, from Modern Latin nosologia (perhaps via French nosologie ), from noso- + -logy . Related: Nosological ; nosologist .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease [syn: diagnostics ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
pathology \pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. pathologies (-j[i^]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F. pathologie.] (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc. Note: Pathology is general or special, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A treatise or written classification of diseases. 2 The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease. 3 The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease.

Usage examples of nosology.

Whereas there existed an enormous nosology of pain, an endless clinical listing of negative pathological states, there was no psychiatric or psychological classification of the states of excellence, elite accomplishment, or pleasure.

She was suffering from an inflammatory complaint not infrequently fatal, for which our nosology as yet has found no name, a complaint spoken of among women in confidential whispers.

He had established patterns, something close to a nosology, and surely this progress at least gave grounds for hope?

System of Nosology there are instances occurring at seventy-one, eighty, and ninety years.