Pathology (Noun)
Meaning 1
The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Hyponyms
Related Words
Meaning 2
Any deviation from a healthy or normal condition.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The doctor specialized in the pathology of cancer, studying the abnormal cell growth and its effects on the body.
- The pathology of the disease was complex, involving a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
- The team of researchers worked to understand the pathology of the virus, hoping to develop a vaccine to prevent its spread.
- The patient's pathology report revealed a rare genetic disorder that was causing her symptoms.
- The study of the pathology of addiction helped scientists develop new treatments to combat the disease.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Arteriectasia
- Bronzed Diabetes
- Disfunction
- Xanthemia
- Asynergia
- Induration
- Azotaemia
- Bacteriemia
- Azotemia
- Anchylosis
- Stricture
- Sphacelus
- Slough
- Bacteriaemia
- Adenomyosis
- Cardiac Arrest
- Demineralisation
- Cardiopulmonary Arrest
- Uraemia
- Iron Overload
- Mazopathy
- Iron-storage Disease
- Pyorrhoea
- Viraemia
- Infarction