semiology

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semiology

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From New Latin semaeologia, from Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sēmeîon, “sign”) + -logia (“-logy”). By surface analysis, semio- + -logy.

noun semiologies

  1. countable, uncountable Semiotics, the study of signs.
  2. countable, dated, uncountable The science of the signs or symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
  3. countable, dated, uncountable The art of using signs in signalling.
  4. countable, uncountable The symptom expression of an epileptic seizure.

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noun semiotics

Españolsemiología
Portuguêssemiologia
Françaissémiologie
Italianosemiologia
Ελληνικάσημειολογία simeiología
Românăsemiologie
Русскийсемио́тика semiótika

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@misc{semiology_2026,
  title = {semiology},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/semiology},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}