symptomatology Meaning, Definition & Usage

Symp`tom*a*tol"o*gy noun
Etymology
Gr. , , symptom + -logy: cf. F. symptomatologie.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) The doctrine of symptoms; that part of the science of medicine which treats of the symptoms of diseases; semeiology. ✍ It includes diagnosis, or the determination of the disease from its symptoms; and prognosis, or the determination of its probable course and event.

Webster 1913