Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
his·to·pa·thol·o·gy Pronunciation:
"his-tO-p&-'thäl-&-jE, -pa- Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural -gies 1 : a branch of pathology concerned with the tissue changes characteristic of disease
2 : the tissue changes that affect a part oraccompany a disease —
his·to·path·o·log·ic /-"path-&-'läj-ik/ or his·to·path·o·log·i·cal /-i-k&l/ adjective —
his·to·path·o·log·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb