pathology
noun/pəˈθɒlədʒi/
/pəˈθɑːlədʒi/
- [uncountable] (medical) the scientific study of diseasesTopics Scientific researchc2, Biologyc2
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- [countable] an aspect of somebody’s behaviour that is extreme and unreasonable and that they cannot control
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from modern or medieval Latin pathologia (see patho-, -logy).
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