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Vinony

symptomology

noun

  1. branch of medical science concerned with symptoms of diseases
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English symptom Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English symptomology From symptom + -ology.

  1. symptomatology.

    “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.”