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Meaning of nosology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌnɒˈsɒləd͡ʒi

Definitions

  1. A treatise or written classification of diseases.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The study of diseases; the systematic investigation or classification of disease.
    countable, uncountable
  3. The characteristics or scientific understanding of a specific disease.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština nosologie
Deutsch Nosologie
Español nosología
Français nosologie
Bahasa Indonesia nosologi
Italiano nosologia
Nederlands nosologie
Polski nozologia
Português nosologia

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)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

nosomania nosonomy nosoparasite nosophen nosophilia nosophobe

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