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  • noun The systematic description of diseases.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The description of diseases.

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  • noun A description or classification of diseases.

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  • noun pathology, medicine The systematic naming and description of diseases

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Examples

  • At Paris, doctors are all men of discernment, and are admirably versed in conjugal nosography.

    Petty Troubles of Married Life Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • At Paris, doctors are all men of discernment, and are admirably versed in conjugal nosography.

    Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • At Paris, doctors are all men of discernment, and are admirably versed in conjugal nosography.

    Analytical Studies Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • The results of this study suggest that what has been selected as major signs by psychiatric nosography is regarded as manifestations induced by perceptive peculiarities and strong emotional reactions by the autistic persons who expressed themselves.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2008

  • The results of this study suggest that what has been selected as major signs by psychiatric nosography is regarded as manifestations induced by perceptive peculiarities and strong emotional reactions by the autistic persons who expressed themselves.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2008

  • Mongolism, political beliefs of the people in Siberia. niggard, Taboo. a black person. nosography, 1. the art of writing using a pen or pencil stuck up one's nose.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4 1984

  • the chaos of a still unrevealed nosography out and online now.

    infinite thØught 2009

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