what is pathology?

Answer 1

"Pathological" redirects here. For the mathematical term, see Pathological (mathematics).
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.

Answer 2

there isn't an unique definition.
Also WHO had some problems to define the meaning of pathology... this depends on related phenomena such as economic or social problems that could determine or influence a disease...

For the common definition you can take every pathophysiology book.

But if you want to explain this concept to a child (child questions are usually very powerful) you could say that there is a kind of equilibrium in our body (connected to the environment) and when this equilibrium is broken there is pathology due to pathogens that cause improper functioning of our body.

In future,what is called nowadays a normal and physiological aging process will be considered as pathology.

Answer 3

Pathology- The scientific study of the alterations produced by a disease.
Behavior patholgy- Psychopathology.
Cellular patholgy- that which considers the morbid changes in body cells.
Clinical patholgy- Pathology applied to the solution of clinical problems.
Comparative patholgy- that which considers human disease processes in comparison with lower animals.
Experimental pathology- the study of artificially induced pathological processes.
General patholgy- that taking cognizance of processes which may occur in various diseases and in different organs.
Oral pathology- that treating of conditions causing or resulting from morbid anatomic or functional changes in the structure of the mouth.
Pediatric pathology- that dealing especially with diseases of children.
Special pathology- that dealing with changes produced by certain diseases or in specific organ.
Surgical patholgy- that dealing with conditions requiring surgical treatment.

Answer 4

Greek is one of the many languages I speak. The word pathos sounds similar to patho which means something that happened to pass. In relation to medicine, it means an illness that *happens* upon someone. A Greek might say: "e-patha kriolo-yima" which means he/she caught a cold or contracted the cold. The word epatha can be used in many different ways not relating to medicine at all.

The literal translation is closer to the study of things that happen to us - in this case, diseases.

Answer 5

pathology is that branch of science which deals with diseases

Answer 6

pathology is the study of disease.

Answer 7

Path (disease) -ology (Study of)

Answer 8

the science of diseases.