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Semiology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Semiotics, the study of signs. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    (philosophy) a philosophical theory of the functions of signs and symbols wordnet
  3. 3
    The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology. countable, dated, uncountable
  4. 4
    The art of using signs in signalling. countable, dated, uncountable
  5. 5
    The symptom expression of an epileptic seizure. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin semaeologia, from Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”) + -logia (“-logy”). By surface analysis, semio- + -logy.

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