nosology

American  

[noh-sol-uh-jee] / noʊˈsɒl ə dʒi /

noun

1. the systematic classification of diseases.

2. the knowledge of a disease.

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nosology British  

/ ˌnɒsəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, nɒˈsɒlədʒɪ /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• nosologist
  noun
• nosological
  adjective
• nosologically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of nosology

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

nosology

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.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The medical writers who were most revered were those who busied themselves with nosology; that is to say, the naming and classifying of diseases.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John

Barring tautology, In demonology, 'Lectro biology, Mystic nosology, Spirit philology, High class astrology, Such is his knowledge, he Isn't the man to require an apology!

From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

You touch the focal centre of all our disease, of our frightful nosology of diseases, when you lay your hand on this.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

From systems of nosology, I had little assistance to expect; since the arbitrary distributions of Sauvages and Cullen were better calculated to impress the conviction of their insufficiency than to simplify my labor.

From A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 by New York Hospital. Society