Pathology Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)
pathology
noun
pathology
/pəˈθɑːləʤi/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PATHOLOGY
[noncount]
technical
1
:
the study of diseases and of the changes that they cause
- a professor of pathology
- plant pathology
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2
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changes in a person, an animal, or a plant that are caused by disease
- the pathology of lung diseases
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