Definition of SYMPTOMATOLOGY

symptomatology

Meanings

Plural: symptomatologies

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.

Origin / Etymology

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

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