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A Word A Day : Pathology
Sunday, 28th October 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Pathology
Pronunciation : pa-thólle-jee
1. The scientific study of the nature, origin, progress, and cause of disease
2. The processes of a disease, observable either with the naked eye or by microscopy, or, at a molecular level, as inferred from biochemical tests
3. A diseased condition
4. A condition that is a deviation from the normal
Late 16th century - French pathologie or modern Latin pathologia - Greek pathos - disease
• Plant pathology is a compulsory subject for the Ph.D students.
• He studied a scan showing the area of suspected pathology.
• Neighborhoods plagued by a self-perpetuating pathology of joblessness, welfare dependency and crime.
1. Pathologist: Noun
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