pathology
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der.
Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
Latin -logialbor.
French -logie
French pathologiebor.
English pathology
From French pathologie, from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “disease”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, path- + -ology or patho- + -logy.
Affixes: patho-
-logy
Inflected forms:
form: pathologies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined below.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the hospital's pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype.
gloss: The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined below.
pos: noun
tags: literary
uncountable
usually
examples: Those three pioneering pathologists went on to become leaders in building the pathology departments at several universities.
gloss: The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined below.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: the plant pathology and vertebrate pathology programs of the university's biology department
gloss: Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Some sort of renal pathology was suspected, but imaging and even biopsy found no discernible pathology, glomerular or otherwise.
Some sort of mental and social pathology seemed to sweep over the discourse later that autumn.
Related words: pathobiology
etiology
etiopathogenesis
pathoetiology
pathogenesis
pathophysiology
Derived words: acropathology
aetiopathology
anatomical pathology
anatomopathology
bacteriopathology
biopathology
bureaupathology
cardiopathology
chemical pathology
clinical pathology
clinicopathology
copathology
cytopathology
dermatopathology
dermopathology
dystropathology
ecopathology
electropathology
embryopathology
endocrinopathology
enteropathology
etiopathology
experimental pathology
fetopathology
forensic pathology
gastropathology
graphopathology
gynecopathology
haematopathology
haemopathology
hæmopathology
hematopathology
hemopathology
hepatopathology
hippopathology
histopathology
iatropathology
ichthyopathology
immunopathology
inflammopathology
lipopathology
macropathology
mechanopathology
meteoropathology
micropathology
molecular pathology
morphopathology
myopathology
nanopathology
nephropathology
neurohistopathology
neuropathology
neurophysiopathology
nonpathology
odontopathology
oncopathology
onychopathology
ophthalmopathology
osteopathology
otopathology
palaeopathology
paleopathology
pathologic
pathological
pathologically
pathologise
pathologist
pathologize
pharmacopathology
photopathology
physiopathology
phytopathology
plant pathology
polypathology
pseudopathology
psychopathology
retinopathology
speech–language pathology
synaptopathology
taupathology
telepathology
thermopathology
toxicopathology
uropathology
xenopathology
zoopathology
zoöpathology
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: патология
roman: patologija
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 病理學 /病理学
roman: bìnglǐxué
lang: Finnish
word: patologia
lang: Greek
word: παθολογική ανατομία
roman: pathologikí anatomía
lang: Hindi
word: विकृतिविज्ञान
roman: vikŕtivijñān
lang: Indonesian
word: patologi
lang: Macedonian
word: патоло́гија
roman: patológija
lang: Polish
word: patologia
lang: Tamil
word: நோயியல்
roman: nōyiyal