symptomatology
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “symptom (of diseases)”) and -λογία (“study, branch of knowledge”) (i.e., symptomato- and -logy). Compare French symptomatologie.
Noun[edit]
symptomatology (countable and uncountable, plural symptomatologies)
- (uncountable) The science that studies the symptoms of diseases.
- 2012, James Le Fanu, “Bitter Pills to Swallow”, in Literary Review, number 399:
- Big Pharma has redefined the symptomatology of medical conditions in such a way as to expand enormously the market for its drugs.
- (countable) The aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease.
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Translations[edit]
science that studies the symptoms of diseases
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aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
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