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semiology en · NOUN

Etymology

From New Latin semaeologia, from Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”) + -logia (“-logy”). By surface analysis, semio- + -logy.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Semiotics, the study of signs.
  2. (countable, dated, uncountable) The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
  3. (countable, dated, uncountable) The art of using signs in signalling.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The symptom expression of an epileptic seizure.

Forms

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Deriveds

semiologist · semiological

Relateds

symbology

Synonyms

semiotics

Translations (11)

el σημειολογία (semiotics) · ca semiologia (semiotics) · pt semiologia (semiotics) · pl semiologia (semiotics) · ro semiologie (semiotics) · es semiología (semiotics) · fr sémiologie (semiotics) · fi semiologia (semiotics) · it semiologia (semiotics) · ru семио́тика (semiotics) · sv semiologi (semiotics)