PATHOLOGY

Pathology

Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek, pathos which may be translated into English as either "experience" or "suffering". and, -logia, "An account of" or "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling. Pathologies is synonymous with diseases. The suffix "path" is used to indicate a state of disease, and may be used to indicate psychological or physical disease .

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pathology

Noun

  1. The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.
  2. Any deviation from a healthy or normal condition; abnormality.


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