Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. Pathologies
(-j[i^]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F.
pathologie.]
(Med.)
The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes,
progress, symptoms, etc.
Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
internal and external, or medical and surgical
pathology. Its departments are nosology,
[ae]tiology, morbid anatomy, symptomatology, and
therapeutics, which treat respectively of the
classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
and cure of diseases.
Celluar pathology, a theory that gives prominence to the
vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function
of the body. --Virchow.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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