pathology

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) 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.
2. (literary, uncountable, usually) 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.
3. (uncountable, usually) 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.
4. (uncountable, usually) Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.

Synonyms

disease

deflection

deflexion

determination

deviation

illness

parasitology

syndrome

variance

variation

analysis

diagnosis

prognosis

animal pathology

human pathology

bacteriology

pathological anatomy

Translations

pathologie

Pathologie

patología

patologia

patologia

pathologie

patoloji

patologia

παθολογία

باثولوجيا

علم الأمراض

pathologie humaine

pathologie animale

anatomie pathologique

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/

Etymology

From French pathologie, from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “disease”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”).