1. the branch of medicine dealing with the classification of diseases
Usage: medical

Examples

• The medical student studied nosology to understand how diseases are categorized.
• Modern nosology relies heavily on genetic and molecular markers.
• The World Health Organization’s nosology system is used internationally.
• Advances in nosology have improved diagnostic accuracy.
• The professor specialized in psychiatric nosology and mental health classification.
• Historical nosology was based primarily on observable symptoms.