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  2. The etymological origin of pathology is from the two Greek “pathos” (πάθος) and “logos” (λόγος). Pathos, in this context, means disease, whereas logos refers to the science of or the study of disease. Traditionally, Pathology has been considered the study of disease, but over the ages it has evolved into so much more.

  3. Pathology - Wikipedia

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    Pathology is the study of disease and injury. [1] The word pathology also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatment, the term is often used in a narrower fashion to refer to processes and tests that fall ...

  4. Pathology: The Clinical Description of Human Disease - PMC

    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7150046

    Pathology refers to the specialty of medical science concerned with the cause, development, structural/functional changes, and natural history associated with diseases. Disease refers to a definable deviation from a normal phenotype (observable characteristics due to genome and environment), evident via patient complaints (symptoms), and/or the ...

  5. Diseases & Conditions | Johns Hopkins Pathology

    pathology.jhu.edu/patient-care/diseases

    Alzheimer's Disease. Autoimmune Disease. Barrett's Esophagus. Bladder Cancer. Brain Injury and Degeneration. Brain Tumors & Brain Pathology. Breast Cancer & Breast Pathology. Type 1 Diabetes. Gallbladder & Bile Duct Cancer.

  6. Department of Pathology Johns Hopkins Medicine. The mission of the Department of Pathology is to discover, disseminate and apply knowledge in the study of disease, to advance the field of human health, and to provide the highest quality of patient care.

  7. Types of Pathology - News-Medical.net

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    The word "pathology" means the study of diseases processes. Pathology involves examining the cause of illness, how it develops, the effect of the illness on cells and the outcome of the illness.

  8. Pathology | Medical Diagnosis & Treatment | Britannica

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    pathology, medical specialty concerned with the determining causes of disease and the structural and functional changes occurring in abnormal conditions. Early efforts to study pathology were often stymied by religious prohibitions against autopsies, but these gradually relaxed during the late Middle Ages, allowing autopsies to determine the cause of death, the basis for pathology.

  9. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and the most common neurodegenerative disease. It manifests as a decline in short-term memory and cognition that impairs daily behavior. Most cases of Alzheimer’s disease are sporadic, but a small minority of inherited forms allow gene identification which, together with neuropathology, yields important clues about the wider causes ...