nosology
noun
- a classification or list of diseases
- branch of medical science that deals with classification of diseases
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/ / /ˌnoʊˈsɑləd͡ʒi/
noun
Etymology: From post-classical Latin nosologia, formed as from Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “discourse, branch of knowledge”).
- A treatise or written classification of diseases.
- The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease.
- The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease.
“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)”