n. 1. The medical science of symptoms. 2. The combined symptoms of a disease. [New Latin symptōmatologia : Greek sumptōma, sumptōmat-, symptom; see SYMPTOM + Latin -logia, -logy.] symp′to·mat′o·logi·cal (-măt′l-ŏjĭ-kəl) adj. symp′to·mat′o·logi·cal·ly adv. |
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