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pa·thol·o·gy
(pă-thŏl′ə-jē)n. pl. pa·thol·o·gies
1. The scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences. Also called pathobiology.
2. The anatomic or functional manifestations of a disease: the pathology of cancer.
3. A departure or deviation from a normal condition: "Neighborhoods plagued by a self-perpetuating pathology of joblessness, welfare dependency, crime" (Time).
pa·thol′o·gist n.
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pathology
(pəˈθɒlədʒɪ)n, pl -gies
1. (Medicine) the branch of medicine concerned with the cause, origin, and nature of disease, including the changes occurring as a result of disease
2. (Medicine) the manifestations of disease, esp changes occurring in tissues or organs
3. any variant or deviant condition from normal
paˈthologist n
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pa•thol•o•gy
(pəˈθɒl ə dʒi)n., pl. -gies.
1. the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
2. the conditions and processes of a disease.
3. any deviation from a healthy, normal, or efficient condition.
pa•thol′o•gist, n.
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pa·thol·o·gy
(pə-thŏl′ə-jē)1. The scientific study of disease and its causes, processes, and effects.
2. The physical changes in the body and its functioning as a result of illness or disease.
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pathology
1. the branch of medical science that studies the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
2. the conditions and processes of a disease. — pathologist, n. — pathologic, pathological, adj.
See also: Disease and Illness2. the conditions and processes of a disease. — pathologist, n. — pathologic, pathological, adj.
the branch of medicine that specializes in the study of disease. — pathologist, n.
See also: Medical Specialties-Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
pathology
The branch of medicine that deals with the nature and causes of diseases.
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| Noun | 1. |  pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseasesspasm - (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) strangulation - (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine" jactation, jactitation - (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness nebula - (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea plaque - (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body excrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body medical science - the science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease palaeopathology, paleopathology - the study of disease of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence) shock - (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor; "loss of blood is an important cause of shock" insufficiency - (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) cold gangrene, dry gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification - (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis - (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon irritation - (pathology) abnormal sensitivity to stimulation; "any food produced irritation of the stomach" amyloid - (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue incubation - (pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms appear active - tending to become more severe or wider in scope; "active tuberculosis" inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly functional - involving or affecting function rather than physiology; "functional deafness" organic - involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs; "an organic disease" specific - being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements" nonspecific - not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides; "nonspecific enteritis" benign - not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor) malignant - dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor) |
| 2. | pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition acidosis - abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues alkalosis - abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues anchylosis, ankylosis - abnormal adhesion and rigidity of the bones of a joint arteriectasia, arteriectasis - an abnormal distension of an artery arthropathy - a pathology or abnormality of a joint asynergia, asynergy - absence of coordination of organs or body parts that usually work together harmoniously asystole, cardiac arrest, cardiopulmonary arrest - absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death diverticulosis - presence of multiple diverticula in the walls of the colon flux - excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea) health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain fluorosis - a pathological condition resulting from an excessive intake of fluorine (usually from drinking water) gammopathy - a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood glossolalia - repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated with a trance state or religious fervor) angiopathy - any disease of the blood vessels or lymph ducts aphagia - loss of the ability to swallow atherogenesis - the formation of atheromas on the walls of the arteries as in atherosclerosis ascites - accumulation of serous fluid in peritoneal cavity azymia - absence of an enzyme bacteremia, bacteriaemia, bacteriemia - transient presence of bacteria (or other microorganisms) in the blood induration, sclerosis - any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue lipomatosis - pathology in which fat accumulates in lipomas in the body lithiasis - the formation of stones (calculi) in an internal organ cartilaginification - abnormal formation of cartilage from other tissues; observed in some Asians cyst - a closed sac that develops abnormally in some body structure adenomyosis, endometriosis - the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea adhesion - abnormal union of bodily tissues; most common in the abdomen bronzed diabetes, hemochromatosis, iron overload, iron-storage disease - pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints infarct, infarction - localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply macrocytosis - the presence of macrocytes in the blood fibrosis - development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ malacia - a state of abnormal softening of tissue mastopathy, mazopathy - any pathology of the breast neuropathy - any pathology of the peripheral nerves myopathy - any pathology of the muscles that is not attributable to nerve dysfunction osteoporosis - abnormal loss of bony tissue resulting in fragile porous bones attributable to a lack of calcium; most common in postmenopausal women priapism - condition in which the penis is continually erect; usually painful and seldom with sexual arousal demineralisation, demineralization - abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) azotaemia, azotemia, uraemia, uremia - accumulation in the blood of nitrogenous waste products (urea) that are usually excreted in the urine azoturia - excess of urea in the urine lesion - any localized abnormal structural change in a bodily part lymphadenopathy - chronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease) hyperbilirubinemia - abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood palilalia - a pathological condition in which a word is rapidly and involuntarily repeated reflux - an abnormal backward flow of body fluids otorrhea - discharge from the external ear |
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الباثولوجيا: عِلْم الأمْراض
patologie
patologisygdomslære
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patologija
patológia
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病理学
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patoloģija
patológia
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pathology
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pathology
(pəˈθolədʒi) noun the science of diseases.
paˈthologist nounˌpathoˈlogical adjective
ˌpathoˈlogically adverb
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pa·thol·o·gy
n. patología, ciencia que estudia la naturaleza y causa de las enfermedades.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
pathology
n patología, estudio de los tejidos y líquidos corporales con fines diagnósticos; anatomic — anatomía patológica; speech language — (form), speech — logopedia (form), fonoaudiología, terapia del lenguaje, terapia del habla (esp. Mex)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.