Meanings
plural symptomatologies
- uncountableThe scientific study of the symptoms of diseases, as an aspect of clinical medicine, differential diagnosis, public health, and so on.
Big Pharma has redefined the symptomatology of medical conditions in such a way as to expand enormously the market for its drugs.
2012, James Le Fanu, “Bitter Pills to Swallow”, in Literary Review, number 399Synonyms: symptomology, symptomatics
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe scientific study of the symptoms of diseases, as an aspect of clinical medicine, differential diagnosis, public health, and so on.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσύμπτωμα“symptom (of diseases)”
- Englishsymptomatology
From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “symptom (of diseases)”) and -λογία (-logía, “study, branch of knowledge”) (i.e., symptomato- and -logy). Compare French symptomatologie.
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Arabic عِلْم اَلْأَعْرَاض
- عِلْم اَلْأَعْرَاض (ʕilm al-ʔaʕrāḍ)science that studies the symptoms of diseases
Czech symptomatologie
- symptomatologiescience that studies the symptoms of diseases
Danish symptomatologi, symptomatologi
- symptomatologiscience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- symptomatologiaggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
Dutch symptomatologie
- symptomatologiescience that studies the symptoms of diseases
Finnish oireoppi, symptomatologia
- oireoppiscience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- symptomatologiascience that studies the symptoms of diseases
French symptomatologie, symptomatologie
- symptomatologiescience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- symptomatologieaggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
German Symptomatologie, Symptomatik
- Symptomatologiescience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- Symptomatikscience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- Symptomlehrescience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- Symptomatikaggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
- Symptomatologieaggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
Greek συμπτωματολογία, συμπτωματολογία
- συμπτωματολογία (symptomatología)science that studies the symptoms of diseases
- συμπτωματολογία (symptomatología)aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
Italian sintomatologia, semeiotica
- sintomatologiascience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- semeioticascience that studies the symptoms of diseases
Norwegian Bokmål symptomatologi, symptomatologi
- symptomatologiscience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- symptomatologiaggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
Polish symptomatologia
- symptomatologiascience that studies the symptoms of diseases
Portuguese semiologia, sintomatologia
- semiologiascience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- sintomatologiaaggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
Slovak symptomatológia
- symptomatológiascience that studies the symptoms of diseases
Spanish sintomatología
- sintomatologíascience that studies the symptoms of diseases
Swedish symtomatologi, symptomatologi
- symtomatologiscience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- symptomatologiscience that studies the symptoms of diseases
- symtomatologiaggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
- symptomatologiaggregate of symptoms of a particular disease
Turkish semptomatoloji
- semptomatolojiscience that studies the symptoms of diseases
Cite this entry
symptomatology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symptomatology
“symptomatology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symptomatology. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “symptomatology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symptomatology.
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