nosology

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/
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/ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/ · /ˌnoʊˈsɑləd͡ʒi/

Definition of nosology

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A treatise or written classification of diseases.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A treatise or written classification of diseases.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease.
  3. (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)”

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Etymology

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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