noun🔗ShareThe study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication."The professor's lecture on semiotics explained how stop signs use color and shape to communicate "stop" even without words. "theorylanguagecommunicationphilosophylinguisticssignculturemediawritingsystemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe study of medical signs and symptoms; symptomatology."The doctor's careful semiotics allowed her to distinguish between a common cold and the early stages of the flu based on my symptoms. "medicinesignsystemlanguagelinguisticstheoryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading