Symptomatology

2 definitions found

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.
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     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.
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     2. (Med.) The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid
        produced by disease.
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     {Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the
        vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased
        functions of the body. --Virchow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Symptomatology \Symp`tom*a*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, symptom +
     -logy: cf. F. symptomatologie.] (Med.)
     The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of
     medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases;
     semeiology.
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     Note: It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the
           disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the
           determination of its probable course and event.
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