Pa*thol"o*gy, n. (Med.) The
condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease.
Pa*thol"o*gy (-j&ybreve;), n.;
pl. Pathologies (-j&ibreve;z). [Gr.
pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F.
pathologie.] (Med.) The science which treats of
diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.
&fist; 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.
Celluar pathology, a theory that gives
prominence to the vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased
function of the body. Virchow.
Pa*thol"o*gy, n. (Med.) The
condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease.
