pathology
noun
uk/pəˈθɒl.ə.dʒi/us/pəˈθɑː.lə.dʒi/[U]
thescientificstudyofdisease:
病理学He came to theUnitedStatestostudypathology in 1983.
Typicalcourseworkincludesanatomy,physiology, and pathology.
[U]medicalspecialized
themedicalcharacteristicsof adisease:
There is alackofknowledgeabout theunderlyingpathology of thedisease.
Planningcarealsorequiresasoundunderstandingof the pathology of the patient'sillness.
[C]medicalspecialized
adiseaseormedicalcondition:
CTscanshelpradiologistsdiagnosepathologies such ascancer.
Aging is thegreatestriskfactorfor theleadingcausesofdeathand other age-related pathologies.
[C]
asocial,mental, orlanguageproblem:
Domesticviolencebecamewidelyrecognizedas one of the country's mostvexingsocialpathologies.
Farrell called itimmoraltoexecutecriminalswithseverepathologies.
Medical studies & the people who study them
- anatomist
- audiologist
- audiology
- bacteriologist
- bariatrics
- cardiologist
- mannikin
- neurologist
- oculist
- oncologist
- optometry
- oral surgeon
- orthopaedics
- orthoptics
- orthoptist
- podiatrist
- urology
- virologist
- virology
- vivisectionist
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Disease & illness - general words