Etymology

symptomatology

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Today it means: The scientific study of the symptoms of diseases, as an aspect of clinical medicine, differential diagnosis, public health, and so on. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύμπτωμα“symptom (of diseases)”
  2. English todaysymptomatology

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

Words from the same roots

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