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nosology /no·sol·o·gy/ (no-sol´ah-je) the science of the classification of diseases.nosolog´ic
no·sol·o·gy (n-sl-j, -zl-)
n.
1. The branch of medicine that deals with the classification of diseases. Also called nosonomy, nosotaxy.
2. A classification of diseases.
noso·logi·cal (-s-lj-kl), noso·logic (-k) adj.
no·solo·gist n.
nosology
[nōsol′əjē]
Etymology: Gk, nosos, disease, logos, science
the science of classifying diseases. See also nomenclature.
nosology (nō·sˑ·l·jē),
n 1. a list or classification of diseases.
2. the branch of science that deals with the classification of diseases.
nosology
classification of patients into groups.
nosology
Informatics The branch of medical science that deals with orderly relationships among or classifications of disease. See Composite clinical data dictionary.
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For death certificates from 1904 through 1955, a nosologist with a University of Utah research project used the literal information and coded cause of death to ICD revision 10 using the 2000 Medical Data System and supplemented this system with hand coding.
Parapneumonic empyema deaths during past century, Utah by Bender, Jeffrey M.; Ampofo, Krow; Sheng, Xiaoming; Pavia, Andrew T.; Cannon-Albright, Lisa; Byington / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The risk factors from case histories were coded by one trained, professional nosologist to ensure uniformity.
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7) The so-called neo-Kraepelinians comprised a relatively small group of research oriented psychiatrist-nosologists, who, in the 1960s and 1970s, promulgated tenets of diagnostic classification first advanced by nineteenth century German nosologist, Emil Kraepelin.
Psychiatrists make Diagnoses, but not in Circumstances of Their Own ... by SPASSER, MARK A. / Library Trends
 
 
 
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