symptomatology
noun
symp·tom·atol·o·gy
ˌsim(p)-tə-mə-ˈtä-lə-jē 
1
: the symptom complex of a disease
2
: a branch of medical science concerned with symptoms of diseases
symptomatological
adjective
or symptomatologic
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Associations between muscle dysmorphia symptomatology and sleep duration and difficulty in the Canadian Study of Adolescent Health Behaviors
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
The Eaton Vance/Morgan Stanley team correctly spelled symptomatology to win the fund-raising competition held Thursday at the State Street Channel Center.
—Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
Throw in the location of the rash primarily on the anterior thighs, in a person with little symptomatology and a history of recurrent laptop use, and voila–the diagnosis is clinched.
—Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2022
There seems to be less durability of symptomatology, less requirement for oxygen.
—NBC News, 19 Dec. 2021
But in fact, the varying symptomatology of long Covid is a big problem in itself.
—Grace Browne, Wired, 4 Aug. 2021
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Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
The Eaton Vance/Morgan Stanley team correctly spelled symptomatology to win the fund-raising competition held Thursday at the State Street Channel Center.
—Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
Throw in the location of the rash primarily on the anterior thighs, in a person with little symptomatology and a history of recurrent laptop use, and voila–the diagnosis is clinched.
—Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2022
There seems to be less durability of symptomatology, less requirement for oxygen.
—NBC News, 19 Dec. 2021
But in fact, the varying symptomatology of long Covid is a big problem in itself.
—Grace Browne, Wired, 4 Aug. 2021
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symptomatology
noun
symp·tom·atol·o·gy
ˌsim(p)-tə-mə-ˈtäl-ə-jē
plural symptomatologies
1
2
: a branch of medical science concerned with symptoms of diseases
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