pathology

[puh-thol-uh-jee]

noun

plural

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.

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

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.

Other Word Forms

• pathologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pathology¹

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

Example Sentences

"They give us the capability to not only understand disease pathology, but also to identify therapeutic approaches," she said.

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Three months after Clinton became president, Klein wrote that “out-of-wedlock births to teenagers are at the heart of the nexus of pathologies that define the underclass.”

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America should take note: Latin America’s political pathologies are one import that we shouldn’t let across the border.

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It’s becoming the defining pathology of our time.

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The greatest constitutional pathology of our time is the dangerous growth of executive power.

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