nosology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of disease
    diagnostics.

WordNet

No*sol"o*gy noun
Etymology
Gr. disease + -logy: cf. F. nosologie.
Definitions
  1. A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.
  2. That branch of medical science which treats of diseases, or of the classification of diseases.

Webster 1913