nosographyn.
/nɒˈsɒɡrəfi/, /nə(ʊ)ˈsɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌnɑˈsɑɡrəfi/, /ˌnoʊˈsɑɡrəfi/ rare before 19th cent.
The systematic description of diseases; an example of this.
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nosography1654
pathography1848
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 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 H. E. Lloyd & B. G. Babington tr. E. von Feuchtersleben Princ. Med. Psychol. 11 The nosography [Ger. Nosographie] which aims at exhibiting the phenomena, the natural history, and the so called system of psychosis.
1861 Sat. Rev. 11 431/1 Dr. Fuller's work..on the subject of rheumatism, the nosography, pathology, statistics, and treatment of which are illustrated [etc.].
1923 K. H. Faber Nosography vi. 172 It has long been admitted that heredity is an important element in the genesis of many diseases, but until very recently this circumstance exerted little or no influence on the development of nosography.
1964 W. R. Brain Doctors Past & Present 131 The nineteenth century was pre-eminently a century of nosography—of the recognition of syndromes and diseases.
1995 Rheumatic Dis. Clinics N. Amer. 21 559 This article outlines a clinically useful, descriptive ‘morphology’ or nosography of the various axial skeletal pains.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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