morbid anatomy

British  

noun

1. the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues

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morbid anatomy

Unhappily, it was but the morbid anatomy of human nature he cared to study.

From Mary Marston by MacDonald, George

But what else means the minute morbid anatomy of death beds, the prurient curiosity to know how the dying one bore himself in the solemn passage?

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

The morbid anatomy of malarial fevers is more properly discussed in treating of the graver forms, since the paroxysms of simple intermittent do not often occasion death.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

According to them, literature is to be strictly 'scientific,' to confine itself to anatomy, and, it would appear, to morbid anatomy only.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

Upon this solid foundation the morbid anatomy of modern clinical medicine was built.

From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William