pa·thol·o·gy   (pā-thŏl'ə-jē)    n.   pl. pa·thol·o·gies The scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences. Also called pathobiology. The anatomic or functional manifestations of a disease: the pathology of cancer. A departure or deviation from a normal condition: "Neighborhoods plagued by a self-perpetuating pathology of joblessness, welfare dependency, crime" (Time). pa·thol'o·gist n.

pathology [(puh-thol-uh-jee)]

A branch of medicine that explores the nature and cause of disease. Pathology also involves the study of bodily changes that occur as the result of disease.

pathology 

Main Entry: pa·thol·o·gy
Pronunciation: -jE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
1 : the study of theessential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional changes produced by them
2 : the anatomic and physiological deviations from the normal that constitutedisease or characterize a particular disease
3 : a treatise on or compilation of abnormalities pathology of the eye>

pathology pa·thol·o·gy (pā-thŏl'ə-jē)
n.

1. The medical science concerned with all aspects of disease with an emphasis on the essential nature, causes, and development of abnormal conditions, as well as with the structural and functional changes that result from disease processes.

2. The anatomical or functional manifestations of a disease.