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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
1P2A3T4H5O6L7O8G9Y

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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