Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

symptomatology

/ˌsɪm(p)təməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: symp-toma-tol-o-gy
IPA: /ˌsɪm(p)təməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The scientific study of the symptoms of diseases, as an aspect of clinical medicine, differential diagnosis, public health, and so on.

Uncountable

noun

The aggregate of symptoms of a particular disease; the pattern of symptoms, and their timing, that is characteristic of it.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Big Pharma has redefined the symptomatology of medical conditions in such a way as to expand enormously the market for its drugs."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “symptom (of diseases)”) and -λογία (-logía, “study, branch of knowledge”) (i.e., symptomato- and -logy). Compare French symptomatologie.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: σύμπτωμα

Usage

Inflected Forms

symptomatologies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

asymptomatic asymptomatical asymptomatically asymptomaticity asymptomatology symptomatic symptomatical symptomatically

Synonyms

symptomology symptomatics

Questions

How do you pronounce symptomatology?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɪm(p)təməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/.
What does symptomatology mean?: The scientific study of the symptoms of diseases, as an aspect of clinical medicine, differential diagnosis, public health, and so on.
Where does symptomatology come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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