Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nosologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nosol-o-gist
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who studies diseases.

Example Sentences

"Disagreeing with Iowa’s nosologist, Ms. Petersen says the lethal consequences of overprescribed or misprescribed drugs are too readily accepted as “natural” death."

Etymology

From nosology + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nosology

Inflected Forms

nosologists (plural)

Questions

What does nosologist mean?: One who studies diseases.
Where does nosologist come from?: From nosology + -ist.

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