noseˈology
Also nosology.
[f. nose n. + -ology.]
(See quot. 1819.)
| 1819 Blackw. Mag. V. 157 Noseology, a dissertation on the Intellectual Faculties, as manifested by the various configurations of the Nose. 1822 Blackw. Mag. XI. 427 If ever we should possess a classified nosology, my nose must be ranked in the order..which shall comprise the pitch-delighting olfactories. 1825 C. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 295 Fancy lectures on noseology. |
Hence noseoˈlogical a., pertaining to noseology.
| 1819 Blackw. Mag. V. 159 We denounce that man as an enemy to candid noseological disquisition. |