What is another word for nosology?

Pronunciation: [nəsˈɒləd͡ʒi] (IPA)

Nosology, which refers to the classification and study of diseases, has several synonyms. One such synonym is pathophysiology, which is the study of the physiological processes related to disease. Another synonym is epidemiology, which is the study of the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases in populations. Clinical medicine is another synonym as it focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in individual patients. Differential diagnosis, which involves identifying which disease a patient has from a set of possible diagnoses, is also a synonym for nosology. Finally, medical taxonomy is a synonym for nosology that refers to the classification of diseases into categories or groups.

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What are the hypernyms for Nosology?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Nosology

His ain ee for death was as gleg as that o' the hawk for its quarry; but the glegness wasna a mere junction or combination o' a keen and praiseworthy desire to live, and a lang experience o' lookin for death in ithers; he had science to guide him; he knew a' the Latin names comprehended in Dr Cullen's "nosology;" an' Buchan's "Domestic Medicine" was scarcely ever out o' his hands, except when there was a spade in them.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
To enumerate the cases in which champagne is of service would be to give a whole nosology.
"Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines"
Henry Vizetelly
On the principle which he thus assumes, he forms his table of nosology, arrays his diseases into families, and extends his curative treatment, by analogy, to all the cases he has thus arbitrarily marshaled together.
"Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson"
Thomas Jefferson

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