symptomatology en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌsɪm(p)təməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “symptom (of diseases)”) and -λογία (-logía, “study, branch of knowledge”) (i.e., symptomato- and -logy). Compare French symptomatologie.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The scientific study of the symptoms of diseases, as an aspect of clinical medicine, differential diagnosis, public health, and so on.
Big Pharma has redefined the symptomatology of medical conditions in such a way as to expand enormously the market for its drugs.
2012, James Le Fanu, “Bitter Pills to Swallow”, in Literary Review, number 399:
- (countable) The aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease; the pattern of symptoms, and their timing, that is characteristic of it.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| symptomatologies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
symptomlessness · symptomatological · asymptomatically · symptomatologically · symptomaticity · symptomatics · asymptomatology · symptomatically · symptomatical · symptomless · symptomatic · symptomatologic · symptomatologist · asymptomaticity · asymptomatic · asymptomatical
Synonyms
Translations (32)
sv symptomatologi (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · fi oireoppi (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · nn symptomatologi (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · pt sintomatologia (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · sk symptomatológia (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · fr symptomatologie (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · ar عِلْم اَلْأَعْرَاض (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · sv symptomatologi (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · cs symptomatologie (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · it semeiotica (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · el συμπτωματολογία (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · fi symptomatologia (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · el συμπτωματολογία (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · tr semptomatoloji (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · fr symptomatologie (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · nn symptomatologi (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · nb symptomatologi (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · nb symptomatologi (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · de Symptomatologie (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · de Symptomatologie (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · it sintomatologia (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · da symptomatologi (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · sv symtomatologi (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · nl symptomatologie (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · pl symptomatologia (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · es sintomatología (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · da symptomatologi (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · de Symptomlehre (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · pt semiologia (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · sv symtomatologi (science that studies the symptoms of diseases) · de Symptomatik (aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease) · de Symptomatik (science that studies the symptoms of diseases)