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Webster 1913 Edition


Symptomatology

Sympˊtom-a-tol′o-gy

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], 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.
☞ It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the determination of its probable course and event.

Webster 1828 Edition


Symptomatology

SYMPTOMATOL'OGY

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Noun.
[Gr. discourse.] The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases.