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pathology /pa·thol·o·gy/ (pah-thol´ah-je)

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

2. the structural and functional manifestations of disease.

anatomic pathology the anatomical study of changes in the function, structure, or appearance of organs or tissues, including postmortem examinations and the study of biopsy specimens.

cellular pathology cytopathology.

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.

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

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

anatomic pathology

Etymology: Gk, ana, up, temnein, to cut, pathos, disease, logos, science

the study of the effects of disease on the structure of the body.

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