From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
pathology \pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. {pathologies}
(-j[i^]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F.
pathologie.]
1. (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature,
causes, progress, symptoms, etc.
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Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats
of disease or morbid processes in general, or of
particular diseases; it is also subdivided into
internal and external, or medical and surgical
pathology. Its departments are {nosology},
{[ae]tiology}, {morbid anatomy}, {symptomatology}, and
{therapeutics}, which treat respectively of the
classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms,
and cure of diseases.
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2. (Med.) The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid
produced by disease.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the
vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased
functions of the body. --Virchow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Therapeutics \Ther`a*peu"tics\, n. [Cf. F. th['e]rapeutique.]
That part of medical science which treats of the discovery
and application of remedies for diseases.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
therapeutics
n 1: branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease
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