semiology

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

semiotics

symptomatology

semeiotics

semantics

semasiology

semeiology

Translations

sémiologie

semiologia

semiología

Semiotik

semiotica

sémiotique

semiologia

semiologia

σημειολογία

Semiologie

semiotiek

semiótica

semiòtica

semiótica

Etymology

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