Pathology (disambiguation)
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Pathology
(Greek for pathos
, suffering
) and -logia, study
of) is a medical field specializing in the categorization of diseases. Pathological is the adjective form of the term.
Pathology may also refer to:
Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
(Greek for pathos
Pathos
Pathos represents an appeal to the audience's emotions. Pathos is a communication technique used most often in rhetoric , and in literature, film and other narrative art....
, suffering
Suffering
Suffering, or pain in a broad sense, is an individual's basic affective experience of unpleasantness and aversion associated with harm or threat of harm. Suffering may be qualified as physical or mental. It may come in all degrees of intensity, from mild to intolerable. Factors of duration and...
) and -logia, study
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
of) is a medical field specializing in the categorization of diseases. Pathological is the adjective form of the term.
Pathology may also refer to:
In science
- Anatomic pathology, the study of macro and microscopic abnormalities in tissues
- Clinical pathologyClinical pathologyClinical pathology , Laboratory Medicine , Clinical analysis or Clinical/Medical Biology , is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids, such as...
, medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the laboratory analysis of bodily fluids, such as blood, urine - Speech pathology, the area of rehabilitative medicine that treats of speech or swallowing impediments
- PsychopathologyPsychopathologyPsychopathology is the study of mental illness, mental distress, and abnormal/maladaptive behavior. The term is most commonly used within psychiatry where pathology refers to disease processes...
, any illness of the mind - PhytopathologyPhytopathologyPlant pathology is the scientific study of plant diseases caused by pathogens and environmental conditions . Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomycetes, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virus-like organisms, phytoplasmas, protozoa, nematodes and parasitic plants...
, the study of abnormalities in plants - Pathological (mathematics)Pathological (mathematics)In mathematics, a pathological phenomenon is one whose properties are considered atypically bad or counterintuitive; the opposite is well-behaved....
, any mathematical phenomenon considered atypically bad or counterintuitive - Pathological sciencePathological sciencePathological science is the process in science in which "people are tricked into false results ... by subjective effects, wishful thinking or threshold interactions". The term was first used by Irving Langmuir, Nobel Prize-winning chemist, during a 1953 colloquium at the Knolls Research Laboratory...
, a process by which the scientific process is distorted through wishful thinking or subjective bias
Arts and works
- Pathology (band)Pathology (band)Pathology is an American death metal band from San Diego, California, formed in 2006 by drummer Dave Astor .- History :...
, a death metal band - Pathology (film)Pathology (film)Pathology is a 2008 thriller horror film directed by Marc Schölermann and written by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the writers of Crank. The cast was announced on April 4, 2007 and filming started in May 2007...
, a 2008 film - Pathologic, a 2005 video game