semeiography

noun

semei·​og·​ra·​phy

variants or less commonly semiography

ˌsē|ˌmīˈägrəfē,

ˌse|,

|mēˈ-

plural -es

: a description of the symptoms of disease

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary semeio-, semio- (from Greek sēmeion sign) + -graphy

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