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symptomatology
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symptomatology /symp·to·ma·tol·o·gy/ (simp″to-mah-tol´ah-je)
1. the branch of medicine dealing with symptoms.
2. the combined symptoms of a disease.

symp·to·ma·tol·o·gy (smt-m-tl-j, smp-)
n.
1. The medical science of symptoms.
2. The combined symptoms of a disease.

symptomatology
[simp′təmətol′əjē]
Etymology: Gk, symptoma + logos, science
the science of symptoms of disease in general or of the symptoms of a specific disease.

symptomatology,
n 1., all of the subjective indicators of an illness.
2., the survey of symptoms with respect to how likely they are to correspond to specific homeopathic remedies. See also case taking; analysis; and materia medica.

symptomatology
1. the study of the science of clinical signs.
2. the combined clinical signs of a disease.


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