Pa*thol"o*gy , n.
(Med.) The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease.
Pa*thol"o*gy (-j&ybreve;), n.; pl. Pathologies (-j&ibreve;z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease +
-logy: cf. F.
pathologie.]
(Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress,
symptoms, etc.
&fist; 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, ætiology, 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.
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