pathology

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /pəˈθɒlədʒi/

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Noun

Singular pathology

Plural pathologies

1. (medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.
2. Any bad status of health.

Related words

• pathologic
• pathological
• pathobiology
• pathophysiology