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n. The study of diseases of former times (as inferred from fossil evidence).
Syn. -- paleopathology. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. pathologique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to pathology. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) caused by or due to disease; abnormal; morbid; as, pathological tissue; a pathological condition. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

-- Path`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. pathologiste. ] One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. pathologies [ Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F. pathologie. ] 1. (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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, ætiology, morbid anatomy, symptomatology, and therapeutics, which treat respectively of the classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms, and cure of diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in diseases of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyto- + pathology. ] The science of diseases to which plants are liable. [ 1913 Webster ]