nosology

American  

[noh-sol-uh-jee] / noʊˈsɒl ə dʒi /

noun

1. the systematic classification of diseases.

2. the knowledge of a disease.

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nosology British  

/ ˌnɒsəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, nɒˈsɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the classification of diseases

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Other Word Forms

• nosological adjective
• nosologically adverb
• nosologist noun

Etymology

Origin of nosology

From the New Latin word nosologia, dating back to 1715–25. See noso-, -logy

Example Sentences

You touch the focal centre of all our disease, of our frightful nosology of diseases, when you lay your hand on this.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 by Various

Barring tautology, In demonology, 'Lectro biology, Mystic nosology, Spirit philology, High class astrology, Such is his knowledge, he Isn't the man to require an apology!

From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

The medical writers who were most revered were those who busied themselves with nosology; that is to say, the naming and classifying of diseases.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John

For I must remark that pathological does not mean harmful; it does not indicate disease; disease in Greek is νὁσος, and it is nosology that is concerned with disease.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock

Barring tautology, In demonology, 'Lectro-biology, Mystic nosology, Spirit philology, High-class astrology, Such is his knowledge, he Isn't the man to require an apology!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir