Pathology
puh-THOL-oh-jee
Word origin · Greek via Latin
rootpath/odisease; sufferingGreek páthos ‘suffering, feeling’suffix-logystudy of; branch of learning
patho- (disease, suffering) + -logy (study of): the study of disease.
History: Earlier pathologia, from Latin, from Greek pathología. First recorded in English 1590–1600.
Definition
Study of the nature and causes of disease.
Specialty
🏥 Pathology