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nosology

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi/
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  • General-American: /ˌnoʊˈsɑləd͡ʒi/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A treatise or written classification of diseases.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 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)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diagnostics

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: nosologia — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Catalan: nosologia — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Czech: nosologie — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Dutch: nosologie — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • French: nosologie — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • German: Nosologie — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Greek: νοσολογία (nosología) — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Indonesian: nosologi — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Italian: nosologia — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nosologi — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Polish: nozologia — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Portuguese: nosologia — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Spanish: nosología — the systematic investigation or classification of disease
  • Swedish: nosologi — the systematic investigation or classification of disease