nosology

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UK/ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/US/ˌnoʊˈsɑləd͡ʒi/

noun

A treatise or written classification of diseases.

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diagnostics
OriginLatin nosologia ← Ancient Greek νόσος →
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Meanings

nounnosology (countable and uncountable, plural nosologies)

plural nosologies

  1. countableuncountableA treatise or written classification of diseases.
  2. countableuncountableThe study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease.
  3. countableuncountableThe characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease.

    2003: Thomas Arnold … constructed a nosology of insanity explicitly on the basis of the Lockean philosophy of mind — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 312)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease

Similar
diagnostics
Broader
medicinemedical specialty
Also see
diagnostics

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek-λογία“discourse, branch of knowledge”
  2. Ancient Greekνόσος“disease”
  3. Latinnosologia
  4. Englishnosology

From post-classical Latin nosologia, formed as from Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “discourse, branch of knowledge”). By surface analysis, noso- + -logy.

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Translations

Basque nosologia
  • nosologiathe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Catalan nosologia
  • nosologiathe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Czech nosologie
  • nosologiethe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Dutch nosologie
  • nosologiethe systematic investigation or classification of disease
French nosologie
  • nosologiethe systematic investigation or classification of disease
German Nosologie
  • Nosologiethe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Greek νοσολογία
  • νοσολογία (nosología)the systematic investigation or classification of disease
Indonesian nosologi
  • nosologithe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Italian nosologia
  • nosologiathe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Norwegian Bokmål nosologi
  • nosologithe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Polish nozologia
  • nozologiathe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Portuguese nosologia
  • nosologiathe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Spanish nosología
  • nosologíathe systematic investigation or classification of disease
Swedish nosologi
  • nosologithe systematic investigation or classification of disease

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sonology
Cite this entry
APA

nosology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosology

MLA

“nosology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosology. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nosology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nosology.

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