Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pathology"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\, n. (Med.)
The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by
disease.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. {Pathologies}
(-j[i^]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F.
pathologie.] (Med.)
The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes,
progress, symptoms, etc.
Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
internal and external, or medical and surgical
pathology. Its departments are {nosology},
{[ae]tiology}, {morbid anatomy}, {symptomatology}, and
{therapeutics}, which treat respectively of the
classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
and cure of diseases.
{Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the
vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function
of the body. --Virchow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pathology
n 1: the branch of medical science that studies the causes and
nature and effects of diseases
2: any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
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