pathology
noun/pæˈθɑlədʒi/
Frequency rank: #7,073 most common English word
Meaning
the scientific study of disease, or the typical features of a particular disease.
Example sentence
The doctor studied the tissue sample in the pathology lab to determine the cause of the illness.
Synonyms & related words
- diagnostics
- histology
- biomedicine
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