pathology

CEFRC1

/pəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The study of disease and its effects on the body.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • Fascism is a social pathology to be eradicated at all costs.

  • Sami had a sexual pathology.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The clinical biomedical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services to clinicians (e.g., cytology, histology, cytopathology, histopathology, cytometry).

  2. Any of several interrelated scientific disciplines that advance the aspects of the life sciences that allow for such technological applications and their advancements over time.

  3. The academic biomedical specialty that advances the aspects of the biomedical sciences that allow for those clinical applications and their advancements over time.

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In context

  • The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the hospital's pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype.

  • Those three pioneering pathologists went on to become leaders in building the pathology departments at several universities.

  • the plant pathology and vertebrate pathology programs of the university's biology department

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From French pathologie, from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “disease”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, path- + -ology or patho- + -logy.