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pathology

Best crossword clue

"Disease study"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /pəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/Part of speech nounSorted aghlooptyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases

Word origin

From French pathologie, from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “disease”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, path- + -ology or patho- + -logy.

Used in a sentence

  • “The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the hospital's pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype.”
  • “Those three pioneering pathologists went on to become leaders in building the pathology departments at several universities.”
  • “the plant pathology and vertebrate pathology programs of the university's biology department”

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