the pathology of a disease

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• Pathology — The study of disease. Pathology has been defined as “that branch of medicine which treats of the essential nature of disease.” The word “pathology” comes from the Greek words “pathos” meaning “disease” and “logos” meaning “a treatise” = a… …   Medical dictionary

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• pathology — pathologist, n. /peuh thol euh jee/, n., pl. pathologies. 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.… …   Universalium

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• Pathology as a medical specialty — spinout/title|pathology as a medical specialty|Pathologists are physicians who diagnose and characterize disease in living patients by examining biopsies or bodily fluid. The vast majority of cancer diagnoses are made or confirmed by a… …   Wikipedia

• pathology — noun (plural gies) Etymology: New Latin pathologia & Middle French pathologie, from Greek pathologia study of the emotions, from path + logia logy Date: 1611 1. the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pathology — n. 1 the science of bodily diseases. 2 the symptoms of a disease. Derivatives: pathologist n. Etymology: F pathologie or mod.L pathologia (as PATHO , LOGY) …   Useful english dictionary

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• Pathology — (from Greek gr. πάθος, pathos , fate, harm ; and gr. λογία, logia ) is the study and diagnosis of disease through examination of organs, tissues, bodily fluids and whole bodies (Autopsy). The term also encompasses the related scientific study of… …   Wikipedia

• pathology — pa*thol o*gy ( j[y^]), n.; pl. {pathologies} ( j[i^]z). [Gr. pa qos a suffering, disease + logy: cf. F. pathologie.] 1. (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: Pathology is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English