semiology
Meanings
noun
- Semiotics, the study of signs.
- The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
- The art of using signs in signalling.
- The symptom expression of an epileptic seizure.
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Etymology
From New Latin semaeologia, from Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”) + -logia (“-logy”). By surface analysis, semio- + -logy.
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