The scientific study of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.
patho+logy
Shared component: patho · disease
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patho
disease
Related forms: patho · 17 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesA microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus, that can cause disease.
patho+gen
Shared component: patho · disease
Relating to or caused by a physical or mental disease.
patho+log+ical
Shared component: patho · disease
A doctor who specializes in examining cells, tissues, and body fluids to diagnose diseases and understand their causes.
patho+log+ist
Shared component: patho · disease
The process by which a disease develops, from its initial cause to its final effects on the body.
patho+genesis
Shared component: patho · disease
Relating to the origin and development of a disease.
patho+gen+etic
Shared component: patho · disease
Specifically characteristic or distinctive of a particular disease or condition.
patho+gnom+ic
Shared component: patho · disease
The study of changes in tissues caused by disease, especially as observed under a microscope.
histo+patho+logy
Shared component: patho · disease
In a way that relates to or is caused by a physical or mental disease.
patho+log+ical+ly
Shared component: patho · disease
Relating to or involving the study of the microscopic structure of diseased tissue.
histo+patho+logic
Shared component: patho · disease
The functional changes that accompany a particular disease or syndrome.
patho+physiology
Shared component: patho · disease
The scientific study of mental disorders.
psycho+patho+logy
Shared component: patho · disease
Relating to or suffering from a mental illness or disorder.
psycho+patho+logical
Shared component: patho · disease
pathologicExtended relation
Relating to or caused by disease.
patho+log+ic
Extended relation: patho · disease
pathogenicExtended relation
Capable of causing disease.
patho+genic
Extended relation: patho · disease
pathogenicityExtended relation
The ability of a microorganism to cause disease.
pathogen+icity
Extended relation: patho · disease
histopathologicalExtended relation
Relating to or involving the study of changes in tissues caused by disease.
histo+patho+logical
Extended relation: patho · disease