pathologies

Variant of pathology

pathology definition

pa·thol·ogy (pə t̸häl′ə jē, pa-)

noun pl. pathologies -·gies

  1. the branch of medicine that deals with the nature of disease, esp. with the structural and functional changes caused by disease
  2. all the conditions, processes, or results of a particular disease
  3. any abnormal variation from a sound or proper condition

Etymology: < Fr pathologie or ModL pathologia < Gr pathologia: see pathos & -logy

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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