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symptomatology

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symp·to·ma·tol·o·gy  (smt-m-tl-j, smp-)
n.
1. The medical science of symptoms.
2. The combined symptoms of a disease.

[New Latin symptmatologia : Greek sumptma, sumptmat-, symptom; see symptom + Latin -logia, -logy.]

sympto·mato·logi·cal (-mtl-j-kl) adj.
sympto·mato·logi·cal·ly adv.

symptomatology [ˌsɪmptəməˈtɒlədʒɪ], symptomology
n
(Medicine) the branch of medicine concerned with the study and classification of the symptoms of disease

symptomatology
1. the branch of medical science that studies the symptoms of diseases.
2. the combined symptoms of a particular disease. Also called semeiology. — symptomatologic, symptomatological, adj.
See also: Disease and Illness


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