nomothetic

adj. relating to the formulation of general laws as opposed to the study of an individual case. A nomothetic approach involves the study of groups of people or cases for the purpose of discovering those general and universally valid laws or principles that characterize the average person or case. Compare idiographic.

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April 19th 2024

Ullrich–Noonan syndrome

see Noonan syndrome. [Otto Ullrich (1894–1957), German pediatrician; Jacqueline Noonan (1928– ), U.S. pediatrician]