nosologistn.
/nɒˈsɒlədʒɪst/, /nə(ʊ)ˈsɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /ˌnɑˈsɑlədʒəst/, /ˌnoʊˈsɑlədʒəst/ A student of or expert in nosology.
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nosologist1779
nosographer1795
1779 W. Cullen First Lines Pract. Physic II. iii. viii. §696 The Petechia has been, by all our Nosologists, enumerated amongst the exanthemata.
1800 tr. W. Cullen Nosology Pref. 18 The characters of former Nosologists appear to me, in general, too short and defective.
1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. 20 ‘Tell me the name of the disease’ was the motto of the nosologist, ‘and I will tell you the remedy.’
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 318 Further modifications have been recognised by nosologists as quintan, sextan, octan.
1962 Current Anthropol. 3 281/3 The mass of literature assembled by anatomists, physiologists, nosologists, physicians, and statisticians constitutes a source of information always at hand.
1979 Jrnl. Environmental Pathol. & Toxicol. 2 259 Death certificates were obtained on 3,013 members of the study group and classified..by a trained nosologist.
1991 Lancet 19 Oct. 960/1 An experienced nosologist assigned the underlying cause of death according to WHO criteria.
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