Nosology
/ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A treatise or written classification of diseases. countable, uncountable
- 2 the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease wordnet
- 3 The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease. countable, uncountable
- 4 The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease. countable, uncountable
"2003: Thomas Arnold … constructed a nosology of insanity explicitly on the basis of the Lockean philosophy of mind — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 312)"
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More examples"2003: Thomas Arnold … constructed a nosology of insanity explicitly on the basis of the Lockean philosophy of mind — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 312)"
Etymology
From post-classical Latin nosologia, formed as from Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “discourse, branch of knowledge”).