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.
phytopathy
Any plant disease.
pinealopathy
Disease of the pineal gland (a glandlike structure in the brain, shaped like a pine cone).
pneumonopathy
Disease of the lung.
polioencephalopathy
Any disease predominantly affecting the gray matter of the brain.
poliomyelopathy
Any disease primarily affecting the gray matter of the spinal cord.
polyendocrinopathy
A disease usually caused by insufficiency of multiple endocrine glands.
polyneuropathy
A disease process involving a number of peripheral (away from the center) nerves (literal sense), noted in beriberi and chronic alcoholism, as a result of thiamin deficiency.
polypathia
The occurrence, or presence, of several diseases at the same time.
polyradiculopathy
1. A diffuse root involvement, seen with, among other disorders, diabetic neuropathy.
2. Simultaneous inflammation of a large number of the spinal nerves marked by paralysis, pain, and the wasting away of muscles.
protopathic
Stimuli and nerve systems concerned with sensation of pain and of marked variations in temperature.
psychopath
1. A person affected with antisocial (psychopathic) personality disorder; a mental disease.
2. The pathology of mental disorders; the branch of medicine that deals with the causes and nature of mental disease.
3. An individual with a mentally disordered or abnormal personality; an antisocial type of personality disorder. Also known as anethopath, sociopath.
psychopathologist
Someone who specializes in psychopathology.
psychopathology
1. The study of significant causes and processes in the development of mental illness.
2. The study of the origin, development, and manifestations of mental or behavioral disorders.
3. The pathology of mental disorders; the branch of medicine which deals with the causes and nature of mental disease.
4. Research into the causes and development of psychiatric disorders; as well as, abnormal, maladaptive behavior or mental activity.
Quotes: Apathy, Indifference
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