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symptomatology

symptomatology

1 7.2
A group of common signs and problems a person has with a disease
  • noun
  • /ˌsɪmptəˈmætələdʒi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sintomatología
  • The doctor explained the symptomatology of the disease to help the patients understand their condition.
  • depressive symptomatology
  • symptomatology for depression
  • level of symptomatology

So with that in mind, let's unpack what the what's happening from a symptomatology point of view with Ozempic.

Examples

  • Increased combat experience was found to be significantly related to increased levels of PTSD symptomatology during service in Vietnam.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MDQ) is the most widely used method of assessing premenstrual symptomatology.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Well, let's turn now to the nature of the disease, how it's transmitted, its different forms, and its symptomatology in the body.

  • Overall, life event stress and anxiety were positively related to reported symptomatology.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Repeated assessment of children's symptomatology is a primary clinical responsibility in controlled settings.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The number of medical conditions was the strongest predictor of depressive symptomatology for this group.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Rates of depressive symptomatology are high among immigrant and refugee populations.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Items on the RADS were developed on the basis of their congruence with specified clinical symptomatology for depression.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Summary scores range from 0 to 24, with higher scores indicating a greater degree of depressive symptomatology.

    Academic text (2013)

  • However, the proportion of older Kurds reporting substantial depressive symptomatology was greater than that typically found in other older immigrant populations.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

syndrome
vssymptomatology
  • Specialized
357 4.4

A group of symptoms that happen together and show a health condition

is a general collection of symptoms typical for a disease, not just consistent clusters

Surface Forms

symptomatology singular
symptomatologies plural

Morphology

symptomatology = symptom (opaque) = symptom + atology

The word is formally built on 'symptom' with a learned classical suffix, but the sense 'set or collection of symptoms' is a specialized metonymic extension and is not straightforwardly predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Symptomatology comes from symptom ('a sign of illness') and the ending -ology ('study of'), the same ending you see in biology. So it can mean the whole 'collection' or pattern of symptoms a disease shows, which helps doctors recognise the illness.