A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Pa Pe Ph Pi Pl Po Pr Pu Py
Pac Pal Pam Pan Pap Par Pas Pat

Pathology

Noun

1. (medicine)
The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences. (wiktionary.com)

2. Any deviation from a healthy or normal condition; abnormality. (wiktionary.com)

3. The precise study and diagnosis of disease. (wikipedia.com)

4. A specialty concerned with the nature and cause of disease as expressed by changes in cellular or tissue structure and function caused by the disease process. (online-medical-dictionary.org)

 

Syn: pathobiology

Word origin: from Ancient Greek πάθος, pathos, feeling, suffering; and -λογία, -logia, the study of.