[Ads-l] Antedating of "Gynecology"

[Mark Mandel]

Nosology <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosology>

Ancient Greek νόσος (nosos) 'disease', and -λογία (-logia) 'study of') is
the branch of medical science that deals with the classification of
diseases. [Wikipedia]

*paido-/pedo*- 'child' is probably familiar to many here, but I knew *noso-*
only from *nosocomial* 'acquired or occurring in a hospital', and guessed
that others might find an on-the-spot definition useful.

Mark Mandel

On Sun, Nov 28, 2021, 8:01 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> gynecology (OED 1847)
>
> 1828 Michael Ryan  (title) A manual of midwifery, or Compendium of
> gynaecology and paidonosology.
>
>

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