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What is the difference between symptomatology and symptom?

symptomatology | symptom |

Symptom is a derived term of symptomatology.



As nouns the difference between symptomatology and symptom

is that symptomatology is the science that studies the symptoms of diseases while symptom is a perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.

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.

    • symptom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
  • A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.

    • Synonyms

    * indication * manifestation * sign, signal * See also

    Antonyms

    * Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause

    Derived terms

    * symptomatology * symptomless

    Related terms

    * asymptomatic * asymptote * symptomatic

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