Pathology vs. Aetiology

Pathologynoun

(medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.

Aetiologynoun

The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.

Pathologynoun

The medical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services (e.g., cytology, histology) to clinicians.

‘The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype.’;

Aetiologynoun

The study of causes or causation.

Pathologynoun

Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.

Aetiologynoun

(medicine) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.

Pathologynoun

The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.

Aetiologynoun

The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things.

Pathologynoun

The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease.

Aetiologynoun

The assignment of a cause.

Pathologynoun

the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases

Aetiologynoun

the cause of a disease

Pathologynoun

any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

Aetiologynoun

the philosophical study of causation

Pathologynoun

the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes

‘research people skilled in experimental pathology’;

Aetiologynoun

the cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition

‘a group of distinct diseases with different aetiologies’; ‘the importance of sunlight in the aetiology of melanoma’;

Pathologynoun

pathological features considered collectively; the typical behaviour of a disease

‘the pathology of Huntington's disease’;

Aetiologynoun

the causation of diseases and disorders as a subject of investigation.

Pathologynoun

a pathological condition

‘the dominant pathology is multiple sclerosis’;

Aetiologynoun

the investigation or attribution of the cause or reason for something, often expressed in terms of historical or mythical explanation.

Pathologynoun

mental, social, or linguistic abnormality or malfunction

‘the city's inability to cope with the pathology of a burgeoning underclass’;

Pathology

Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word pathology also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices.