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Definition of Nosology
1. Noun. The branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease.
Generic synonyms: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Derivative terms: Diagnostician
Definition of Nosology
1. n. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
Definition of Nosology
1. Noun. A treatise or written classification of diseases. ¹
2. Noun. The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease. ¹
3. Noun. The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nosology
1. a classification of diseases [n -GIES]
Medical Definition of Nosology
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1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nosology
Literary usage of Nosology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine by John Elliotson, Thomas Stewardson (1844)
"Methodical nosology.—I mentioned that one part of general nosology, ... It was
in that year that the first methodical nosology was presented to the world. ..."
2. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1884)
"At all events, the nosology of Cullen, though it exhibits clear traces of his
powerful ... "Hi» nosology will probably survive all his other works ; it is ..."
3. Vital Statistics: An Introduction to the Science of Demography by George Chandler Whipple (1919)
"nosology. — The science of classifying disease is similarly called nosology.
The purpose of nosology. — At one time it was thought that a knowledge of ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Character, Literary, Professional, and by Olinthus Gregory, Charles Jerram (1829)
"Dr. Good's " Physiological System of nosology, with a corrected and simplified
... The same professional critic speaks of this System of nosology, ..."
5. An Account of the Life, Lectures, and Writings of William Cullen by John Thomson (1859)
"Many of the other physicians here have heard of nosology, but few have studied it.
... These and other objections to the study of nosology, Dr Cullen has ..."
6. Diagnosis and Severity of Drug Abuse and Drug Dependence edited by Jack D. Blaine, Arthur M. Horton, Jr., Leland H. Towle (1997)
"COMPARATIVE nosology A principal focus of the work presented at the technical
review was the comparative nosology of the principal diagnostic ..."
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