symptomatology

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Etymology

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

Noun

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symptomatology (countable and uncountable, plural symptomatologies)

  1. (uncountable) The scientific study of the symptoms of diseases, as an aspect of clinical medicine, differential diagnosis, public health, and so on.
    Synonyms: symptomology (informal), symptomatics (rare)
    • 2012, James Le Fanu, “Bitter Pills to Swallow”, in Literary Review, number 399:
      Big Pharma has redefined the symptomatology of medical conditions in such a way as to expand enormously the market for its drugs.
  2. (countable) The aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease; the pattern of symptoms, and their timing, that is characteristic of it.
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