Symptomatology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Symptomatology is a noun meaning (countable) The aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease; the pattern of symptoms, and their timing, that is characteristic of it.
Meaning
(countable) The aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease; the pattern of symptoms, and their timing, that is characteristic of it.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) The scientific study of the symptoms of diseases, as an aspect of clinical medicine, differential diagnosis, public health, and so on.
Example Sentences
Big Pharma has redefined the symptomatology of medical conditions in such a way as to expand enormously the market for its drugs.
Word Forms
- symptomatologies
Synonyms for symptomatology
Depending on context, synonyms include symptomology, symptomatics.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include symptomatic, symptom, history, simptomatology, symptomology, sintomatology.
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