symptomology

English

Etymology

From symptom +‎ -ology.

Noun

symptomology (countable and uncountable, plural symptomologies)

1. (informal) symptomatology.
   • 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 146:

     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.

Related terms

• symptomologic
• symptomological
• symptomologically
• symptomologist