nosology
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/ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/
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/ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/ · /ˌnoʊˈsɑləd͡ʒi/
Definition of nosology
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A treatise or written classification of diseases.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A treatise or written classification of diseases.
- (countable, uncountable)The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease.
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(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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