Semiology Definition

sēmēäləjē, semēäləjē
noun
The science of signs in general.
Webster's New World
The use of signs in signaling, as with a semaphore.
American Heritage
Symptomatology.
American Heritage Medicine
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Noun

Singular:
semiology
Plural:
semiologies

Origin of Semiology

  • New Latin semaeologia, from Ancient Greek σημεῖον (sÄ“meion, “sign") + -logia (“-logy")

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek sēmeion sign semiotic –logy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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