symptomatology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “symptom (of diseases)”) and -λογία (“study, branch of knowledge”) (i.e., symptomato- and -logy). Compare French symptomatologie.

Noun

symptomatology (countable and uncountable, plural symptomatologies)

1. (uncountable) The science that studies the symptoms of diseases.
   • 2012, James Le Fanu, “Bitter Pills to Swallow”, in Literary Review, number 399:

     Big Pharma has redefined the symptomatology of medical conditions in such a way as to expand enormously the market for its drugs.

2. (countable) The aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease.

Synonyms

• symptomology (informal)

Related terms

• asymptomatic
• asymptomatical
• asymptomatically
• asymptomaticity
• asymptomatology
• symptomatic
• symptomatical
• symptomatically
• symptomaticity
• symptomatics
• symptomatologic
• symptomatological
• symptomatologically
• symptomatologist
• symptomless
• symptomlessness

 

Translations

science that studies the symptoms of diseases

• Arabic: عِلْم اَلْأَعْرَاض m (ʕilm al-ʔaʕrāḍ)
• Danish: symptomatologi c
• Dutch: symptomatologie (nl) f
• Finnish: oireoppi, symptomatologia
• French: symptomatologie (fr) f
• German: Symptomatologie (de) f, Symptomatik (de) f, Symptomlehre f
• Greek: συμπτωματολογία (el) f (symptomatología)
• Italian: sintomatologia (it) f, semeiotica (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: symptomatologi m

  Nynorsk: symptomatologi m

• Polish: symptomatologia (pl) f
• Swedish: symtomatologi c, symptomatologi c
• Turkish: semptomatoloji

aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease

• Danish: symptomatologi c
• French: symptomatologie (fr) f
• German: Symptomatik (de) f, Symptomatologie (de) f
• Greek: συμπτωματολογία (el) f (symptomatología)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: symptomatologi m

  Nynorsk: symptomatologi m

• Swedish: symtomatologi c, symptomatologi c