description of diseases
• (n.) A description or classification of diseases. • (n.) A description or classification of diseases.
a branch of pathology that deals with the description of diseases.
No·sog'ra·phy noun [ Greek ... disease + -graphy : confer French nosographie .] A description or classification of diseases. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: nō-sog′ră-fē Definitions: 1. Assignment of names to each disease entity in a group that has been classified according to a systematic nosology. 2. A treatise on pathology or the practice of medicine.
nosography, nosographic 1. A written account or description of diseases. 2. The assignment of names to each disease entity in a group that has been classified according to a systematic nosolology. 3. A treatise on pathology or the practice of medicine.
the systematic description of diseases.