Definition

A system for classifying and naming diseases in medicine.

Example

The doctor referred to the nosology to better understand the patient's condition.

Conversation

I read an interesting article about nosology yesterday.

Oh really? What's that about?

It's basically the classification of diseases in medicine.

That sounds useful! It must help doctors a lot in diagnosing patients.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Explanation

Nosology → It is formed from "noso-" (from Greek "nosos", meaning disease) and "-logy" (from Greek "logia", meaning study or science). The word refers to the study of diseases and their classification.

Memory Tip

Think of 'nosos' meaning disease and '-logy' meaning study — nosology is the study of diseases.

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