pathology

pa·thol·o·gy

noun \-jē\

plural pa·thol·o·gies

Definition of PATHOLOGY

1

: the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional changes produced by them

2

: something abnormal: a : the structural and functional deviations from the normal that constitute disease or characterize a particular disease b : deviation from propriety or from an assumed normal state of something nonliving or nonmaterial c : deviation giving rise to social ills <connections between these pathologies … and crime — Wendy Kaminer>

Examples of PATHOLOGY

1. the pathology of lung diseases

Origin of PATHOLOGY

New Latin pathologia & Middle French pathologie, from Greek pathologia study of the emotions, from path- + -logia -logy

First Known Use: 1611

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

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