symptomatology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The scientific study of the symptoms of diseases, as an aspect of clinical medicine, differential diagnosis, public health, and so on.
The aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease; the pattern of symptoms, and their timing, that is characteristic of it.

Word forms

symptomatology symptomatologies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “symptom (of diseases)”) and -λογία (-logía, “study, branch of knowledge”) (i.e., symptomato- and -logy). Compare French symptomatologie.

Synonyms

symptomology symptomatics

Related words

asymptomatic asymptomatical asymptomatically asymptomaticity asymptomatology symptomatic symptomatical symptomatically symptomaticity symptomatics symptomatologic symptomatological symptomatologically symptomatologist symptomless symptomlessness

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