Pathology
/pəˈθɑlədʒi/
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Definition
(noun) The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined below.
Sentence Examples
Fascism is a social pathology to be eradicated at all costs.
Sami had a sexual pathology.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The course covered the ____ of common infectious diseases and how the immune system responds.