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symp⋅tom⋅a⋅tol⋅o⋅gy

  [simp-tuh-muh-tol-uh-jee]
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–noun
1. the branch of medical science dealing with symptoms.
2. the collective symptoms of a patient or disease.
Compare syndrome.

Origin:
1790–1800; < NL symptōmatologia, equiv. to LL symptōmat- (s. of symptōma) symptom + -o- -o- + -logia -logy
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symp·to·ma·tol·o·gy   (sĭm'tə-mə-tŏl'ə-jē, sĭmp'-)   
n.  

  1. The medical science of symptoms.

  2. The combined symptoms of a disease.


[New Latin symptōmatologia : Greek sumptōma, sumptōmat-, symptom; see symptom + Latin -logia, -logy.]
symp'to·mat'o·log'i·cal (-māt'l-ŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., symp'to·mat'o·log'i·cal·ly adv.
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Main Entry: symp·tom·atol·o·gy
Pronunciation: "sim(p)-t&-m&-'täl-&-jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
1 : SYMPTOM COMPLEX
2 : a branch of medical science concerned withsymptoms of diseases —symp·tom·at·o·log·i·cal /-"mat-&l-'äj-i-k&l/ or symp·tom·at·o·log·ic /-'äj-ik/ adjective —symp·tom·at·o·log·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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symptomatology symp·to·ma·tol·o·gy (sĭm'tə-mə-tŏl'ə-jē, sĭmp'-)
n.

  1. The medical science of symptoms.

  2. The combined symptoms of a disease.

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