semiology

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

French: sémiologie (fr) f Greek: σημειολογία (el) f (simeiología) Italian: semiologia (it) 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