This week's theme: words related to medicine.
nosology (no-SOL-uh-jee) noun
1. The branch of medical science that deals with classification of
diseases.
2. A systematic classification or list of diseases.
[From New Latin nosologia, from Greek nosos (disease) + -logy (study).]
No, you wouldn't go to a nosologist if you have nose trouble. The term
for the branch of medicine that deals with the ear, nose, and throat is
otorhinolaryngology (or otolaryngology). You have to use all three to
pronounce it.
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-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
"Marvin's Room is so loaded up with terminal illness that it has
as much nosology as narrative: there are paralysing strokes, mental
illness, asphyxiation, leukaemia, senility and chronic back pain.
Even the doctor's receptionist is on lithium. But above all, there's
the Big C -- Crying."
Matthew Sweet; Cinema: When DJ Just Stands For Dirty Jokes;
Independent on Sunday (London, UK); Jun 22, 1997.
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