English word pathology comes from Ancient Greek -λογία, Ancient Greek παθητικός, Ancient Greek παθολογία, and later French pathologie (Pathology.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-λογία | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
παθητικός | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
παθολογία | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
pathologie | French (fra) | Pathology. |
pathology | English (eng) | (clinical, _, medicine) The medical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services (e.g., cytology, histology) to clinicians.. (medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.. Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation. |