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Pathology : (noun)
1: the branch of medical science that studies the causes and
nature and effects of diseases
2: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Pathology : \Pa*thol"o*gy\, n. (Med.)
The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by
disease.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pathology : \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. Pathologies
(-j[i^]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease _ -logy: cf. F.
pathologie.] (Med.)
The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes,
progress, symptoms, etc.
Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
internal and external, or medical and surgical
pathology. Its departments are nosology,
[ae]tiology, morbid anatomy, symptomatology, and
therapeutics, which treat respectively of the
classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
and cure of diseases.
Celluar pathology, a theory that gives prominence to the
vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function
of the body. --Virchow.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PATHOLOGY, med. jur. The science or doctrine of diseases. In cases of
homicides, abortions, and the like, it is of great consequence to the legal
practitioner to be acquainted, in some degree, with pathology. 2 Chit. Pr.
42, note.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Pathology : Pathology: The study of disease. Pathology has been defined as "that branch of medicine which treats of the essential nature of disease." The word "pathology" comes from the Greek words
"pathos" meaning "disease" and "logos" meaning "a treatise" = a treatise of disease. The word "pathology" is sometimes misused to mean disease as, for example, "he didn't find any pathology" (meaning
he found no evidence of disease). A medical doctor that specializes in pathology is called a pathologist. Pathologists are experts at interpreting microscopic views of body tissues.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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