semeiotic
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se·mei·ot·ics
(sē′mē-ŏt′ĭks, sĕm′ē-, sē′mī-)n.
Variant of semiotics.
se′mei·ot′ic, se′mei·ot′i·cal adj.
se·mi·ot·ic
(sē′mē-ŏt′ĭk, sĕm′ē-, sē′mī-) also se·mi·ot·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) or se·mei·ot·ic (sē′mē-, sĕm′ē-, sē′mī-) also se·mei·ot·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)adj.
1. Of or relating to semiotics.
2. Relating to symptomatology.
[Greek sēmeiōtikos, observant of signs, significant, from sēmeiōsis, indication, from sēmeioun, to signal, to interpret as a sign, from sēmeion, sign, from sēma.]
se′mi·ot′i·cal·ly adv.
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se•mi•ot•ic
(ˌsi miˈɒt ɪk, ˌsɛm i, ˌsi maɪ-)adj. Also, se`mi•ot′i•cal.
1. of or pertaining to signs.
2. of or pertaining to semiotics.
3. of or pertaining to symptoms of disease; symptomatic.
n. 4. semiotics.
[1615–20; (definition 3) < Greek sēmeiōtikós significant =sēmeiō-, variant s. of sēmeioûn to interpret as a sign (derivative of Greek sēmeîon sign) + -tikos -tic]
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Translations
se·mi·ot·ic
, semeioticn. semiótico-a, rel. a los síntomas o señales de una enfermedad.
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