Letter N

Nosology

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The systematic classification of diseases, or the branch of medical science that deals thereto.

The adjective is nosologic.

There is 'ongoing nosologic controversy and confusion' concerning 'dementia with brainstem and neocortical Lewy bodies' (Neurology,1997;48:126)

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