3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Nosology \No*sol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. no`sos disease + -logy: cf. F. nosologie.] 1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases. [1913 Webster] 2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: pathology \pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. {pathologies} (-j[i^]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F. pathologie.] 1. (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats of disease or morbid processes in general, or of particular diseases; it is also subdivided into internal and external, or medical and surgical pathology. Its departments are {nosology}, {[ae]tiology}, {morbid anatomy}, {symptomatology}, and {therapeutics}, which treat respectively of the classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms, and cure of diseases. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased functions of the body. --Virchow. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: nosology n : the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease [syn: {diagnostics}]
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