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semiology (n.)
1690s, "sign language, the use of gestures to express thought," a sense now obsolete, from Greek sēmeion "a sign, mark, token," from sēma "sign, mark, token" (see semantic, and compare semiotic) + -ology. As "the branch of medical science concerned with morbid symptoms," 1839; as "logical theory of signs" by 1923. Related: Semiological.
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Definitions of semiology
Dictionary entries near semiology
seminarian
seminary
semination
Seminole
semi-official
semiology
semiotic
semiotics
semi-permeable
semiprecious
semi-professional