symptomology

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noun

symptomatology.

OriginAncient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos ← Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos →
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Meanings

nounsymptomology (countable and uncountable, plural symptomologies)

plural symptomologies

  1. countableinformaluncountablesymptomatology.

    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.

    2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 146

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
symptomatology

Origin

  1. Englishsymptom
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  5. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  6. Englishsymptomology

From symptom + -ology.

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APA

symptomology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symptomology

MLA

“symptomology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symptomology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “symptomology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/symptomology.

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