semiology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Semiotics, the study of signs.
  2. The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
  3. The art of using signs in signalling.
  4. The symptom expression of an epileptic seizure.

Word forms

semiology semiologies

Etymology

From New Latin semaeologia, from Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”) + -logia (“-logy”). By surface analysis, semio- + -logy.

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