word-forming element meaning "disease," from Greek nosos "disease, sickness, malady," a word of unknown origin.
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nosology n.
"study of diseases, systematic classification of diseases," 1721, from Modern Latin nosologia (perhaps via French nosologie); see noso- "disease" + -logy "study of." Related: Nosological; nosologist.
zoonosis n.
"disease communicated to humans by animals," plural zoonoses, 1876, from Greek zōon "animal" (see zoo-) + nosos "disease" (see noso-).