See Also: Pathology(medicine)
pathology(dictionary)
pathology(encyclopedia)
pathology(dictionary)
Pathology(health)
PATHOLOGY, med(law)
functional pathology(medicine)
anatomical pathology(medicine)
cellular pathology(medicine)
clinical pathology(medicine)

pathology (iou)



pathology noun. L16.
[French pathologie or mod. Latin pathologia, from (the same root as) PATHO-: see -LOGY.]
In pl. Sorrows. Only in L16.
The science of the causes and effects of diseases; esp. the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes. E17.
plant pathology: see PLANT noun.
A. MacLean I'm not a specialist in pathologyand you require one for an autopsy.
b. Pathological features considered collectively; the typical behaviour of a disease; a pathological condition. L17.
Scientific American For every pathology there is an underlying biochemical defect.
c. transf. & fig. (The science of) mental, social, or linguistic, etc., abnormality or malfunction. Usu. with specifying word. M19.
speech pathology: see SPEECH noun.
D. M. Smith The major metropolitan states..experience high levels of social pathology.
The branch of knowledge that deals with the passions or emotions. rare. L17.
Math. A pathological feature of a mathematical system, esp. of a surface or field in the neighbourhood of a particular point. M20.