nosology

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Indeed, the bad name that proverbially hangs the dog has already been given to the one under consideration, for bibliomania is older in the technology of this kind of nosology than dipsomania, which is now understood to be an almost established ground for seclusion, and deprivation of the management of one's own affairs.

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  1. noun The branch of medicine that deals with the classification of diseases.
  2. noun A classification of diseases.

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  1. = French nosologie = Spanish nosología = Portuguese nosologia, from Greek νόσος, sickness, disease, + -λογία, from λέγειν, speak: see - ology.
 

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/nəˈsɑlədʒi/
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