pathology

Definition

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.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the hospital's pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype."
• "Those three pioneering pathologists went on to become leaders in building the pathology departments at several universities."
• "the plant pathology and vertebrate pathology programs of the university's biology department"

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