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symptomatology

[ simp-tuh-muh-tol-uh-jee ]
/ ˌsɪmp tə məˈtɒl ə dʒi /
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noun
the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
the collective symptoms of a patient or disease.
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Origin of symptomatology

1790–1800; <New Latin symptōmatologia, equivalent to Late Latin symptōmat- (stem of symptōma) symptom + -o--o- + -logia-logy
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British Dictionary definitions for symptomatology

symptomatology

symptomology

/ (ˌsɪmptəməˈtɒlədʒɪ) /

noun
the branch of medicine concerned with the study and classification of the symptoms of disease
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