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Pathology (from Greek pathos , feeling, pain, suffering; and logos , study of; see also -ology) is the study of the processes underlying disease and other forms of illness, harmful abnormality, or dysfunction. Within biology but also a branch of medicine, it means specifically the study and diagnosis of the structural and functional changes in cells, tissues and organs that underlie disease. Pathology as a field of knowledge hence forms the basis of the scientific reasoning behind the practice of medicine. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Pathology (Wikipedia)

A specialty concerned with the nature and cause of disease as expressed by changes in cellular or tissue structure and function caused by the disease process. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Pathology
Part Type
Method (Describes the method by which the test was performed)
Created On
2000-05-03
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Pathology

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 病理学
Synonyms: 病理
fr-CA French (Canada) Pathologie
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Patología
it-IT Italian (Italy) Patologia
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Patoloji
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) pathologie
fr-BE French (Belgium) Pathologie
Synonyms: Anatomo-pathologie
pl-PL Polish (Poland) patologia