1. The science of the symptoms of disease, their production, and the indications they furnish. 2. The aggregate of symptoms of a disease. [symptom + G. logos, study]
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1) SYMPTOM COMPLEX
2) a branch of medical science concerned with symptoms of diseases
symp·tom·at·o·log·i·cal·ly -i-k(ə-)lē adv
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n.
1. the branch of medicine concerned with the study of symptoms of disease.
2. the symptoms of a disease, collectively.
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symp·to·ma·tol·o·gy (simp″tə-mə-tolґə-je) 1. the branch of medicine that deals with symptoms; the systematic discussion of symptoms. 2. the combined symptoms of a disease.Medical dictionary. 2011.