pathology


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pathology/pəˈθɒləʤi/
noun
  • 1 the branch of medicine concerned with the causes and effects of diseases.
  • 2 Medicine the typical behaviour of a specified disease.
– derivatives
pathologist noun.
– origin C17: from mod. L. or med. L.pathologia (see patho-, -logy).
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