nosography
(nəˈsɒgrəfɪ)
[f. noso- + -graphy, or ad. mod.L. nosographia: cf. F. nosographie (1798), Sp. nosografia.]
A (or the) systematic description of diseases.
| 1654 Whitlock Zootomia 110 The Diseases of the Mindes of Patients..; to sum up which, would be a Nosography..as large as any, treating of the Bodies distemper. 1847 tr. Feuchtersleben's Med. Psychol. 11 The nosography which aims at exhibiting the phenomena, the natural history, and the so called system of psychosis. 1851–9 Man. Sci. Enq. 243 These again should lead to a more useful nosography than is generally adopted. 1861 Sat. Rev. XI. 431/1 Dr. Fuller's work..on the subject of rheumatism, the nosography, pathology, statistics, and treatment of which are illustrated [etc.]. |
So noˈsographer; nosoˈgraphic(al adjs.; nosoˈgraphically adv.
| 1859 Semple Diphtheria 134 To trace,..after the manner of nosographers, the specific characters of the different kinds of Angina. 1888 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. I. 497 Charcot's famous three states or nosographic groups were formulated in 1882. |