pathology
pronunciation
How to pronounce pathology in British English:
UK [pəˈθɒlədʒi]
How to pronounce pathology in American English:
US [pəˈθɑlədʒi]
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- Noun:
- the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
- any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
Word Origin
- pathology (n.)
- "science of diseases," 1610s, from French pathologie (16c.), from medical Latin pathologia "study of disease," from Greek pathos "suffering" (see pathos) + -logia "study" (see -logy). In reference to the study of abnormal mental conditions from 1842. Ancient Greek pathologia was "study of the passions;" the Greek word for "science of diseases" was pathologike ("pathologics").
Example
- 1. De grey defines it as metabolism , which continually causes damage and damage eventually causes pathology .
- 2. Cervical-cancer smear tests aside , however , such electronic intrusions into the pathology laboratory are limited .
- 3. Correcting mechanisms of pathology requires a receptive public , one that is willing to alter diet and lifestyle for their own benefit .
- 4. Churchill was a walking textbook of pathology in his last term .
- 5. Some states will only license speech pathologists who have graduated from a program that is accredited by the council on academic accreditation in audiology and speech-language pathology .