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nosology

/ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/US/ˌnoʊˈsɑləd͡ʒi/

nosology noun: a treatise or written classification of diseases.

Noun

nosology (countable and uncountable, plural nosologies)

  1. A treatise or written classification of diseases.
  2. The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease.
  3. The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease.
    • 2003: Thomas Arnold … constructed a nosology of insanity explicitly on the basis of the Lockean philosophy of mind — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 312)

nosology meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

nosology in Tamil

நோய் வகுப்பியல், நோய்ப் பகுப்பியல், நோய் பிரிப்பியல், நோய் பிரிவாக்கவியல்

nosology in Bengali

রোগের শ্রেণিকরণবিষয়ক বিদ্যা, রোগের শ্রেণিবিভাগ

nosology in Indonesian

the systematic investigation or classification of disease
nosologi

Forms of nosology

pluralnosologies

Origin of nosology

From post-classical Latin nosologia, formed as from Ancient Greek νόσος (nósos, “disease”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “discourse, branch of knowledge”).

Words formed from nosology

Questions about nosology

What does nosology mean?
Nosology means a treatise or written classification of diseases.
What is nosology in Tamil?
Nosology in Tamil is நோய் வகுப்பியல், நோய்ப் பகுப்பியல், நோய் பிரிப்பியல். See Nosology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nosology?
Nosology is a noun.
How do you pronounce nosology?
Nosology is pronounced /ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of nosology?
The plural of nosology is nosologies.

Words near nosology in the dictionary

  1. nosological
  2. nosologically
  3. nosologies
  4. nosologist
  5. nosologists
  6. nosology
  7. nosomania
  8. nosonomy
  9. nosoparasite
  10. nosoparasites
  11. nosophen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nosology (page history and authors); nosology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nosology (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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