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