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.
angiopathology
The pathology of, or the changes seen in, diseases of the blood vessels.
angiopathy
Any disease of the blood vessels or lymphatics. Also angiosis.
anthropopathy, anthropopathism
1. The attribution of human feelings to non humans; that is, to gods, lower animals, or inanimate objects.
2. The ascription of human feelings or passions to God, or a god, or to an object in nature.
antipathetic
A reference to a strong feeling of aversion, or repugnance, against someone or something.
antipathy
1. A strong hostility, or opposition, toward someone or something.
2. Someone, or something, that causes anger, hostility, strong opposition, or disgust.
aortopathy
Disease affecting the aorta.
apatheism
1. The attitude of not caring about religion or even whether there is a God.
2. A disinclination to care all that much about one’s own religion, and an even stronger disinclination to care about other people’s religious beliefs.
apathetic
1. Relating to a lack of emotion.
2. Descriptive of a lack of interest; a listless condition; unconcern; indifference.
apathetically
1. A reference to having an absence, or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
2. Relating to a lack of interest in, or concern for, things that others find moving or exciting.
apathism
Insensitivity, not feeling.
apathy
1. Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.
2. Freedom from, or insensibility to, suffering; hence, freedom from or insensibility to passion or feeling; passionless existence.
From 1847, Lewes Historical Philosophy, “Apathy was considered by the Stoics as the highest condition of Humanity.”
3. Indolence of mind, indifference to what is calculated to move the feelings, or to excite interest or action.
arteriopathy
Any disease of the arteries.
arthopathy, arthopathia, arthopathology
1. A reference to diseases of the joints.
2. The study of functional and structural changes made by diseases of the joints.
arthropathology
The study of diseases of the joints of the body.
autopathography
A written account of an illness prepared by the affected patient.
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