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Symptomatology vs Epidemiology - What's the difference?

symptomatology | epidemiology |

As nouns the difference between symptomatology and epidemiology

is that symptomatology is the science that studies the symptoms of diseases while epidemiology is the branch of a science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.

symptomatology

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The science that studies the symptoms of diseases.
  • *2012 , (James Le Fanu), ‘Bitter Pills to Swallow’, Literary Review , issue 399:
  • *:Big Pharma has redefined the symptomatology of medical conditions in such a way as to expand enormously the market for its drugs.
  • (countable) All the symptoms of a particular disease.

    • epidemiology

    English

    (wikipedia epidemiology)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (sciences) The branch of a science dealing with the spread and control of diseases, viruses, concepts etc. throughout populations or systems.
  • (sciences) The epidemiological body of knowledge about a particular thing.

    • Derived terms

    * epidemiological, epidemiologic * epidemiologist

    Related terms

    * epidemic

    See also

    * (wikipedia "epidemiology")