pathology
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from πάθος
- borrowed from pathologie
Definitions
The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and…
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.
- The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the hospital's pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype.
Pathosis
Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.
- 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.
The neighborhood
- neighborpathobiology
- neighboretiology
- neighboretiopathogenesis
- neighborpathoetiology
- neighborpathogenesis
- neighborpathophysiology
Derived
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 · +47 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at pathology. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at pathology. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at pathology
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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