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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary pa·thol·o·gy \\-jē\\ noun (plural -gies) ETYMOLOGY New Latin pathologia & Middle French pathologie,from Greek pathologia study of the emotions, from path- + -logia -logy DATE 1611 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 English Etymology pathology "science of diseases," 1610s, from Fr. pathologie, from Mod.L.pathologia, from Gk. pathologikos "treating of disease," from pathos "suffering" (see pathos) + -logia "study," from logos"word." Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 pathology path·ology / pE5WClEdVi; NAmE -5WB:l- / noun1. [U] the scientific study of diseases 病理学 2. [C] an aspect of sb's behaviour that is extreme and unreasonable and that they cannot control 变态；反常 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged pa·thol·o·gy \-jē, -ji\ noun (-es) Etymology: New Latin pathologia & Middle French pathologie, from Greek pathologia study of the passions, from patho- path- + -logia -logy 1. : the study of abnormality; especially : the study of diseases, their essential nature, causes, and development, and the structural and functional changes produced by them 2. : something abnormal: a. (1) : the anatomic and physiologic deviations from the normal in the tissues of animals and plants that are manifested as disease < the study of human pathology > (2) : the complex of signs, symptoms, and bodily changes that characterize a particular disease < the pathology of pneumonia > b. : comparable abnormality of nonliving material < the pathology of steel > < pathology of wine > c. : deviation from propriety or from an assumed normal state of nonmaterial things < the pathology of reaction > < social pathology > 3. : a treatise on or compilation of abnormalities < a new pathology of the eye > |
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