| a combining form occurring in personal nouns corresponding to abstract nouns ending in -pathy, with the general sense “one practicing such a treatment” (osteopath) or “one suffering from such an ailment” (psychopath). |
| -path suff.
[Back-formation from -pathy.] |
-path suff.
A practitioner of a specified kind of medical treatment: naturopath.
One affected by a specified kind of disorder: sociopath.
