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There are 13 different meanings of Pathology.


Gambling
13 products, approx. 467 pages
pathological gambling
Jealousy
4 products, approx. 69 pages
pathological jealousy
Speech pathology
8 products, approx. 14 pages
Speech pathology is an area of rehabilitative medicine concerned with the treatment of speech or swallowing impediments.
Narcissism
6 products, approx. 11 pages
pathological narcissism
Phytopathology
3 products, approx. 9 pages
phytopathology is the study of abnormalities in plant structure and function.
Anatomic pathology
1 product, approx. 6 pages
Anatomic pathology refers to the study of abnormal structures in medicine. The term encompasses gross (visible to the naked eye), microscopic (cellular), and molecular structural abnormalities. Surgical pathology, autopsy pathology, and forensic pathology refer to specific settings in which analysis of structural abnormalities is undertaken.
The term pathology most often refers to the study of disease: its causes, processes, development, consequences, and anatomic and functional manifestations. A field of medicine specialising in the categorization of medical diseases (as studied in the laboratory) is called pathology. Physicians who specialise in medical laboratory pathology are called pathologists. Any abnormal process can be termed to be pathologic. Some examples of the application of the term are listed.
Psychopathology is a term which is used synonymously with mental illness. Pathological can be used to describe a person's actions in such a way as to credit the action to a disease process.

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