pathology Definition
pa·thol·ogy (pə t̸häl′ə jē, pa-)
noun pl. -·gies
- the branch of medicine that deals with the nature of disease, esp. with the structural and functional changes caused by disease
- all the conditions, processes, or results of a particular disease
- any abnormal variation from a sound or proper condition
Etymology: < Fr pathologie or ModL pathologia < Gr pathologia: see pathos & -logy
pathology Related Forms
pa·thol′o·gist noun
pathology Synonyms
pathology Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- infection: Pathology of Infection The first symptoms appear toward the end or the incubation periods, when the flukes reach maturity.
- animal: Information about the pathology of laboratory animals is provided and include ferrets, rats and rabbits.
Converse of object
associate: Associated pathology must be ruled out in older children with FIA.
Adjective modifier
- ocular: You will be expected to examine your fellow students, so the chances of finding ocular pathology in such a young population is low.
- intra-articular: Numerous images can be employed allowing imaging of intra-articular pathology.
- forensic: Of course, I had written and edited texts in forensic pathology.
- molecular: His main research interest is the molecular pathology of cancer particularly the differential expressions of proteins.
- underlying: Of course, in reality, we treat the underlying pathology.
- cellular: Cytology has now become firmly established in the field of cellular pathology with the Society in the forefront of developments in the United Kingdom.
Modifies a noun
- laboratory: The testicle will then be examined in the pathology laboratory to identify which type of cancer is present.
- lab: Every area will have a pathology lab, which will do toxicology screens.
- modernisation: Dr. Barnes will now drive forward these changes and chair the new national pathology modernisation group.
- specimen: Hunter's pathology specimen 41.1 ' Horseshoe Kidney ' , above, shows this anomaly in the trunk of a young child.
- department: The pathology departments at the Royal Free underpin the whole practice of medicine.
Noun used with modifier
- plant: However, only a few posts in plant pathology were lost.
- lung: However, in many cases, the VQ scan can be difficult to interpret especially with the presence of other lung pathology.
- cereal: In terms of science, we have a lively program of departmental seminars, complemented by specialist seminars in areas such as cereal pathology.
- brain: The aim of this work was to study the brain pathology in the knockout mouse model for Sandhoff disease by MRI.
- tissue: Areas of investigation include arthritis and other connective tissue pathologies where he is working to identify early markers of disease.
- speech: It may even include techniques from speech pathology that solicit from children the kinds of practice they need to build their language skills.
Browse dictionary entries near pathology
- ‹ pathological
- ‹ pathol
- ‹ pathognomonic
- ‹ pathogenic
- ‹ pathogenesis
- ‹ pathogen
- ‹ patho-
- ‹ pathless
- ‹ -pathic
- ‹ -pathia

