semiology

English

Etymology

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

Noun

semiology (countable and uncountable, plural semiologies)

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

Synonyms

• semiotics

Translations

semiotics

• Catalan: semiologia f
• Finnish: semiologia (fi)
• French: sémiologie (fr) f
• Greek: σημειολογία (el) f (simeiología)
• Italian: semiologia (it) f
• Polish: semiologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: semiologia (pt) f
• Romanian: semiologie (ro) f
• Russian: семио́тика (ru) f (semiótika)
• Spanish: semiología (es)
• Swedish: semiologi (sv)

See also

• symbology

Anagrams

• oligosemy