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pathology pathology. pl. -·gies. 1  the branch of medicine that deals with the nature of disease, esp. with the structural and functional changes caused by disease. 2  all the conditions, processes, or results of a particular disease.
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Pathos Pathos Definition. Pathos is a quality of an experience in life, or a work of art, that stirs up emotions of pity, sympathy, and sorrow. Pathos can be expressed through words, pictures, or even with gestures of the body. Pathos is an important tool of persuasion in arguments.
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pathology pathology. 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.he 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).
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Pathology As a field of general inquiry and research, pathology addresses four components of disease: cause/ etiology, mechanisms of development (pathogenesis), structural alterations of cells (morphologic changes), and the consequences of changes (clinical manifestations).natomical pathology (Commonwealth) or anatomic pathology (United States) is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the gross, microscopic, chemical, immunologic and molecular examination of organs, tissues, and whole bodies (as in a general examination or an autopsy).
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pathos Pathos is defined as a feeling of sympathy or sorrow. An example of pathos is someone feeling bad for a friend whose dog has died. pathos. pathos. A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.
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Disease Thus, the normal condition of an organism must be understood in order to recognize the hallmarks of disease. Nevertheless, a sharp demarcation between disease and health is not always apparent. The study of disease is called pathology. It involves the determination of the cause (etiology) of the disease, the understanding of the mechanisms of its development (pathogenesis), the structural changes associated with the disease process (morphological changes), and the functional consequences of these changes.
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Pathophysiology pathophysiology. noun. 1  The functional changes associated with or resulting from disease or injury. 2  The scientific study of such changes. 3  In both senses also called physiopathology.
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pathology 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.
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- A pathologist is a physician trained in the medical specialty of pathology. Pathology is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis of disease and causes of death by means of laboratory examination of body fluids (clinical pathology) cell samples, (cytology) and tissues (anatomic pathology).
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pathophysiology noun, Pathology. 1. the physiology of abnormal or diseased organisms or their parts; the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome. Origin of pathophysiology.
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Pathological Pathological. The term pathological is used in mathematics to refer to an example specifically cooked up to violate certain almost universally valid properties.
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pathos Pathos is defined as a feeling of sympathy or sorrow. An example of pathos is someone feeling bad for a friend whose dog has died. Rare suffering. the quality in something experienced or observed which arouses feelings of pity, sorrow, sympathy, or compassion.
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path path. 1. a way beaten or trodden by the feet of persons or animals. 2. a narrow walk or way: a bicycle path. 3. a route or course along which something moves: the path of a hurricane.
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- 1 Pathophysiology: Definition and Practice A pathophysiology definition states that it is a hybrid family of pathology and physiology. 2  The first refers to conditions that usually appear when there is disease, while th….
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pathology 1. the branch of medicine treating of the essential nature of disease, especially of the changes in body tissues and organs that cause or are caused by disease. 2. the structural and functional manifestations of a disease. adj., adj patholog´ic, patholog´ical.
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disease disease. n. 1. (Pathology) any impairment of normal physiological function affecting all or part of an organism, esp a specific pathological change caused by infection, stress, etc, producing characteristic symptoms; illness or sickness in general.
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- Full Definition of PATHOLOGICAL. 1. : of or relating to pathology. 2. : altered or caused by disease; also: indicative of disease. 3. — path·o·log·i·cal·ly \-ji-k(ə-)lē\ adverb. See pathological defined for English-language learners. See pathological defined for kids.
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path The definition of a path is a trail, route, course or a line of movement. 1  An example of a path is what deer follow through the forest. 2  An example of a path is what hikers follow up a mountain. 3  An example of a path is the direction taken by a tornado.  An example of path is the vapor left behind a plane in the sky.
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PATHOLOGY Noun. 1. pathology-the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases. spasm - (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel).
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pathology pathology. 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. (pəˈθɒl ə dʒi).
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pathogenesis pathogenesis. the development of morbid conditions or of disease; more specifically the cellular events and reactions and other pathological mechanisms occurring in the development of disease.Includes the study of the relationship between the cause and the lesions, and that between the lesion and the clinical signs.he development of morbid conditions or of disease; more specifically the cellular events and reactions and other pathological mechanisms occurring in the development of disease. Includes the study of the relationship between the cause and the lesions, and that between the lesion and the clinical signs.
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Pathology Pathology is a significant component of the causal study of pathogens and a major field in modern medicine and diagnosis. Hence, 'the study of paths', by which disease comes. The term pathology itself may be used broadly to refer to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of bioscience research fields and medical practices, or more narrowly to describe work within the contemporary medical field of general pathology, which includes a number of distinct but inter-related medi
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- 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).he 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).
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- Medical Definition of Pathology. Pathology: The study of disease. Pathology has been defined as that branch of medicine which treats of the essential nature of disease.. The word pathology comes from the Greek words pathos meaning disease and logos meaning a treatise = a treatise of disease.
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Pathology For the band, see Pathology (band). Pathology (from the Greek roots of pathos (πάθος), meaning experience or suffering, and -logia (-λογία), study of) is a significant component of the causal study of disease and a major field in modern medicine and diagnosis.
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- pathological adjective. › (of a ​person) ​unreasonable, or ​unable to ​control ​part of his or her ​behavior: a pathological ​fear of ​heights a pathological ​liar. › of or caused by ​disease: a pathological ​laboratory.