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Nosology : (noun)
1: the branch of medical science dealing with the
classification of disease [syn: diagnostics]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Nosology : \No*sol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ? disease _ -logy: cf. F.
nosologie.]
1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases,
or of the classification of diseases.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. Pathologies
(-j[i^]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease _ -logy: cf. F.
pathologie.] (Med.)
The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes,
progress, symptoms, etc.
Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
internal and external, or medical and surgical
pathology. Its departments are nosology,
[ae]tiology, morbid anatomy, symptomatology, and
therapeutics, which treat respectively of the
classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
and cure of diseases.
Celluar pathology, a theory that gives prominence to the
vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function
of the body. --Virchow.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Nosology : Nosology: The systematic classification of diseases, or the branch of medical science that deals thereto. The adjective is nosologic. There is "ongoing nosologic controversy and confusion"
concerning "dementia with brainstem and neocortical Lewy bodies" (Neurology,1997;48:126).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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