PATHOLOGY

9 letters 18 Scrabble points /pəˈθɒlədʒi/

Definition of PATHOLOGY

noun

  1. The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.

  2. The medical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services (e.g., cytology, histology) to clinicians.

    "The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype."

  3. Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.

    Synonyms: abnormality disease illness pathosis
Related words: abnormality disease illness pathosis

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters P A T H O L O G Y
Length 9 letters
Scrabble Score 18 points

Words Containing "PATHOLOGY"

ACROPATHOLOGY ARTHROPATHOLOGY CYTOPATHOLOGY DESMOPATHOLOGY EMBRYOPATHOLOGY HEMATOPATHOLOGY HEMOPATHOLOGY HIPPOPATHOLOGY HISTOPATHOLOGY IMMUNOPATHOLOGY MICROPATHOLOGY NEUROPATHOLOGY ONYCHOPATHOLOGY PALAEOPATHOLOGY PALEOPATHOLOGY PHYSIOPATHOLOGY PHYTOPATHOLOGY PSYCHOPATHOLOGY RADIOPATHOLOGY ZOOPATHOLOGY

Words Ending with "PATHOLOGY"

ACROPATHOLOGY ARTHROPATHOLOGY CYTOPATHOLOGY DESMOPATHOLOGY EMBRYOPATHOLOGY HEMATOPATHOLOGY HEMOPATHOLOGY HIPPOPATHOLOGY HISTOPATHOLOGY IMMUNOPATHOLOGY MICROPATHOLOGY NEUROPATHOLOGY ONYCHOPATHOLOGY PALAEOPATHOLOGY PALEOPATHOLOGY PHYSIOPATHOLOGY PHYTOPATHOLOGY PSYCHOPATHOLOGY RADIOPATHOLOGY ZOOPATHOLOGY