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

• nosological adjective
• nosologically adverb
• nosologist noun

Etymology

Origin of nosology

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

Example Sentences

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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It will not, certainly, be very easy to find such a disease as the lambskin disease in any of our modern nosologies.

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