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pathology

[ puh-thol-uh-jee ]

noun

, plural pa·thol·o·gies.
  1. the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  2. the conditions and processes of a disease.
  3. any deviation from a healthy, normal, or efficient condition.


pathology

/ pəˈθɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the branch of medicine concerned with the cause, origin, and nature of disease, including the changes occurring as a result of disease
  2. the manifestations of disease, esp changes occurring in tissues or organs
  3. any variant or deviant condition from normal


pathology

/ pə-thŏlə-jē /

  1. The scientific study of disease and its causes, processes, and effects.
  2. The physical and mental abnormalities that result from disease or trauma.


pathology

  1. 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.


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Derived Forms

  • paˈthologist, noun

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Other Words From

  • pa·tholo·gist noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pathology1

First recorded in 1590–1600; earlier pathologia, from Latin, from Greek pathología; patho- ( def ), -logy ( def )

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Example Sentences

The story provides an illuminating glimpse into many of the deeper pathologies afflicting the GOP, one that illustrates what’s on the line in Georgia with great clarity.

The five-page report, acquired by the Los Angeles Times, cited pathology and radiology scans, prescriptions, consent forms, and transcripts from phone interviews.

Many viral infections can cause undiagnosed pathology, but severe long-term effects are relatively uncommon.

Also, the pathology, genetics and response to treatment differ.

This is because, Recht said, the pathologies in other body parts tend to occupy a greater number of pixels in the MRIs compared to those in the knee, where evidence of damage can be just a few pixels in length.

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Borlaug studied forestry, and then obtained a Ph.D. in plant pathology.

With no obvious pathology, physicians and scientists have little to study.

Living with the threat of random death raining down leads to a strange way of life, a pathology of indirect fire.

When Retsky showed the pathology report to William Hrushesky, his treating oncologist, the doctor exclaimed, “Mamma mia.”

This is the much bigger pathology that the partisans on the Court have allowed to evolve.

Epilepsy remains, notwithstanding all the advance in modern nervous pathology, quite as mysterious a disease as it has ever been.

Hay fever "has a pathology" if urticaria has a pathology, for urticaria, too, subsides and leaves no traces.

The microscope ceased to be an object of interest, the secrets of pathology and physiology had been mastered.

Many of these are of a pathological character, but others have no connexion with the domain of pathology.

The professor of pathology came along, a man who had more the look of a sacristan than of a physician.

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