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pathology

noun
USpuh-THAH-luh-jee/pəˈθɑləd͡ʒi/puh-THOL-uh-jee/pəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/

4 meanings of pathology

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    The study of diseases: what causes them, how they develop, and what they lead to, today mostly in medicine.

    She wants to study pathology to learn why some illnesses spread so quickly.

    Thanks to research in pathology, doctors now know what causes many common illnesses.

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  2. 2
    lab testingnoununcountable
    The part of medicine that tests cells and body tissue in a lab for other doctors.

    The doctor sent the lump to pathology to find out what it was.

    My aunt works in the hospital's pathology lab.

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  3. 3
    health problemnoununcountable
    Anything that is not healthy or normal in how something is formed or works, like an illness.

    The X-ray showed no sign of pathology in her lungs.

    The report blamed the city's crime on a deeper social pathology.

    Similarabnormality, illness, disease

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  4. 4
    plants and animalsnoununcountable
    The science of how diseases affect plants, animals, and other living things.

    She is studying plant pathology to help farmers protect their crops from disease.

    The fish pathology lab tests salmon for infections.

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Origin

From French pathologie, from Greek words meaning "disease" and "study of".