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pa·thol·o·gy

(pă-thŏl′ə-jē)

n. pl. pa·thol·o·gies

1. The scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences. Also called pathobiology.

2. The anatomic or functional manifestations of a disease: the pathology of cancer.

3. A departure or deviation from a normal condition: "Neighborhoods plagued by a self-perpetuating pathology of joblessness, welfare dependency, crime" (Time).

pa·thol′o·gist n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

pathologist

Specialist in the structural and functional changes caused by disease.

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Noun

pathologist - a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis

diagnostician

aetiologist, etiologist - a specialist in the etiology of diseases

medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine

Translations

إخْتِصاصي في علِم الأمْراض

patolog

Pathologe

παθολόγος

pathologiste

kórboncnok

meina-/sjúkdómafræîingur

patologo

patolog

patológ

patalog

病理学家

pathologist

[pəˈθɒlədʒɪst] N → patólogo/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pathologist

[pəˈθɒlədʒɪst] n → pathologiste m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pathologist

n → Pathologe m, → Pathologin f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pathologist

[pəˈθɒlədʒɪst] n → patologo/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pathology

(pəˈθolədʒi) noun

the science of diseases.

paˈthologist noun

ˌpathoˈlogical adjective

ˌpathoˈlogically adverb

pa·thol·o·gist

n. patólogo, especialista en patología.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

pathologist

n patólogo -ga mf, médico -ca mf que estudia tejidos y líquidos corporales con fines diagnósticos; anatomic — anatomopatólogo -ga mf; speech language — (form), speech — logopeda mf (form), fonoaudiólogo -ga mf, terapeuta mf del lenguaje

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Two pathologists told a Meru court hearing a case against former chief state pathologist Moses Njue that a heart and kidney were missing from an exhumed body.

Court told of missing organs in Njue heart theft case

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Pathologist, suspended over Sharjeel Memon liquor controversy, resumes service

Homa Bay Transport minister nominee Dony Opar died of a single gunshot wound on the chest, a postmortem report has shown.Government pathologist Dr Dickson Mchana said the bullet damaged the middle of the chest and came out through the left side of the back.

Dony Opar killed by a single gunshot wound on the chest

To be certified and recognized as a professional Speech Language Pathologist, an applicant shall be required to undergo a licensure examination.

Lawmakers confident Duterte will sign bill regulating practice of speech language pathology

(12) Another very important issue is that one can only comment on the images that the pathologist has posted, and so we are at a disadvantage in that different features not shown might provoke a different reaction and diagnosis.

Social Media Use for Pathologists of All Ages

Digital pathology enables the pathologist to move from a glass slide to a digitized image that was originally created from the glass slide.

Accelerating the diagnosis and treatment of cancer using digital pathology

STATE Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy is to retire, it was announced yesterday.

Pathologist Cassidy to step down

Swigert, a speech-language pathologist and author, explains documentation and reimbursement for speech-language pathologists.

Documentation and Reimbursement For Speech-Language Pathologists: Principles and Practice

The signing out pathologist has nightmares on any difficult or challenging case even months after it has been signed out.

Skeletons in the closet.... Apprehensions of a histopathologist

ATOP pathologist is to deliver an extra talk in Newcastle on the history of post-mortem examinations after the original event sold out in less than two minutes.

Deathly talk tickets prove snatch of day

Protest group Save The Alex says the two latest resignations will leave just one pathologist working full-time at the Alex, whose crucial work includes carrying out often urgent tests on patient tissue samples.

Hospital pathologists quit in protest at cuts

They often stay behind the scenes and rarely interact with patients, so the role of the pathologist might be a mystery to the average person.