experimental pathology (redirected from Investigative pathology)

experimental pathology,

the study of diseases deliberately induced in laboratory animals.

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pathology [pah-thol´o-je]

1. the branch of medicine treating of the essential nature of disease, especially of the changes in body tissues and organs that cause or are caused by disease.

2. the structural and functional manifestations of a disease. adj., adj patholog´ic, patholog´ical.

clinical pathology pathology applied to the solution of clinical problems, especially the use of laboratory methods in clinical diagnosis.

comparative pathology that which considers human disease processes in comparison with those of other animals.

experimental pathology the study of artificially induced pathologic processes.

oral pathology that which treats of conditions causing or resulting from morbid anatomic or functional changes in the structures of the mouth.

speech pathology (speech-language pathology) a field of the health sciences dealing with the evaluation of speech, language, and voice disorders and the rehabilitation of patients with such disorders not amenable to medical or surgical treatment. See also speech-language pathologist.

surgical pathology the pathology of disease processes that are surgically accessible for diagnosis or treatment.

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pathology (pthol´jē),

n 1. the branch of science that deals with disease in all its relations, especially with its nature and the functional and material changes it causes.
n 2. in medical jurisprudence, the science of disease; the part of medicine that deals with the nature of disease, its causes, and its symptoms.

pathology, experimental,

n the study of disease processes induced, usually in animals; undertaken to ascertain the effect of local environmental changes or systemic disorders on particular tissues, parts, and organs of the body. This branch of medical science also attempts to correlate the interaction of local and systemic factors in the production, modification, and continuance of a disease.

pathology, oral,

n the study of the characteristics, causes, and effects of diseases of the oral cavity and associated structures.

pathology, speech,

n the study and treatment of the aspects of functional and organic speech defects and disorders.

pathology, surgical,

n the study of the characteristics of diseased tissues and organs removed in the process of surgery.

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pathology

1. the branch of veterinary science treating of the essential nature of disease, especially of the changes in body tissues and organs which cause or are caused by disease.

2. the structural and functional manifestations of a disease.

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clinical pathology

see clinical pathology.

comparative pathology

that which considers human disease processes in comparison with those of the lower animals.

experimental pathology

the study of artificially induced pathological processes.

oral pathology

that which treats of conditions causing or resulting from morbid anatomical or functional changes in the structures of the mouth.

surgical pathology

the pathology of disease processes that are surgically accessible for diagnosis or treatment.