nosology

[noh-sol-uh-jee]

noun

1. the systematic classification of diseases.

2. the knowledge of a disease.

nosology

/ ˌnɒsəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, nɒˈsɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the classification of diseases

Other Word Forms

• nosologist noun
• nosologically adverb
• nosological adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nosology¹

From the New Latin word nosologia, dating back to 1715–25. See noso-, -logy

Example Sentences

It is also far from clear, given the nature of psychiatric nosology, that there are any surefire ways of stopping con-artists and addicts from gaming the system.

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Since the discovery of the spirillar test for relapsing fever it may be said that Griesinger's bilious typhoid must be stricken from medical nosology as an independent affection.

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It is generally admitted that most nosologies are imperfect, and may occasionally lead the young practitioner into error.

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There are many similar examples in nosology of this possibility of some habit predisposing to or favoring the development of disease.

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In pathology, or rather in nosology, by which latter term is meant the systematic arrangement and precise definition of diseases, his merits are very considerable.

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