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Webster 1913 Edition

pathology

pa-thol′o-gy

(-jy̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
pathologies
(-jĭz)
.
[Gr.
πάθοσ
a suffering, disease +
-logy
: cf. F.
pathologie
.]
1.
(Med.)
The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.
☞ 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 functions of the body.
Virchow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pathology

PATHOL'OGY

,
Noun.
[Gr. passion, suffering, and discourse.] That part of medicine which explains the nature of diseases, their causes and symptoms; or the doctrine of the causes and nature of diseases, comprehending nosology, etiology, symptomatology, and therapeutics.

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