Symptomology

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    symptomatology. countable, informal, uncountable

    "Just looking at the list made her wheeze, but she studied each item carefully, trying to match the abstract language of symptomology to her very real son’s actual behavior."

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abnormalityaffectionafflictionailmentallergyatrophy

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"Just looking at the list made her wheeze, but she studied each item carefully, trying to match the abstract language of symptomology to her very real son’s actual behavior."

Etymology

From symptom + -ology.

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