pathology
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Definitions ofpathology
- The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.
- The medical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services (e.g., cytology, histology) to clinicians.
Example: "The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype."
- Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.
Synonyms: abnormality, disease, illness, pathosis
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