path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy +
(Greek: feeling, sensation, perception; suffering, disease, disorder; a system of treatment of disease)
In medicine, some of these elements usually mean “one who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats a disease”; so, they should not be confused with the “feeling” words which are also shown on these pages.
acropathology
The pathology of diseases affecting the extremities.
acropathy
A condition affecting the fingers and toes in which the nail-beds result in thickening and widening of the extremities of the digits; the nails are abnormally curved and shiny.
adenopathy
A swelling or morbid enlargement of the lymph nodes.
adrenalopathy
Any pathologic condition of the adrenal glands; also adrenopathy.
adrenopathy
Any pathologic (disease) condition of the adrenal glands; also adrenalopathy.
aeropathy
Any morbid state induced by a pronounced change in atmospheric pressure; for example, altitude sickness, mountain sickness, or decompression sickness.
allopathist
Someone who practices substitutive therapy or a therapeutic system in which a disease is treated by producing a second condition that is incompatible with or antagonistic to the first (homeopathy).
anatomic pathology
The anatomical study of changes in the function, structure, or appearance of organs or tissues, including postmortem examinations and the study of biopsy specimens.
andropathy
Any disease that is peculiar to men, especially one involving the genitourinary system.
anemopathy
A disease associated with exposure to high winds.
anethopath
An ethically or morally uninhibited person.
anethopathy, anetopathy
In psychiatry, absence of moral inhibitions; without morality. People with this disease are considered the so-called habitual criminals. The conspicuous trait in their mental makeup is complete egocentricity, which is also reflected in their narcissistic sexual behavior.
angiocardiopathy
A disease affecting both the heart and blood vessels.
angiomyopathy
Any disease of the blood vessels involving the muscular layer.
angioneuropathy
1. A vascular disorder attributed to an abnormality of the autonomic nervous system fibers that supply the blood vessels.
2. Any neuropathy affecting primarily the blood vessels; a disorder of the vasomotor system, as angiospasm, angioparalysis, or vasomotor paralysis.
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