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symptomatology
CIDE DICTIONARY
symptomatology, n. [Gr. , , symptom + -logy: cf. F. symptomatologie.].
The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology. [1913 Webster]
" It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the determination of its probable course and event." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
symptomatology, n. the branch of medicine concerned with the study and interpretation of symptoms.
ROGET THESAURUS
symptomatology
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