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.
syphilopathy
Any disease caused by syphilis.
telepathic
A reference to the ability to know what is in someone else's mind or to communicate with that person mentally, without using words or other physical signals
telepathist
1. Anyone who utilizes extrasensory perception of his, or her, mental activities with another person.
2. Someone who communicates through methods other than the normal senses, as by the exercise of mystical powers.
telepathize
To practice, to communicate nonverbally, or to conduct, telepathy; that is, knowledge of, or response to, an external thought or objective event not achieved as the result of stimulation of the normal sense organs.
telepathy
Communication directly from one person's mind to another's without speech, writing, or other signs or symbols.
theopathy, theopathetic
1. Sympathetic passive feeling excited by the contemplation of God; susceptibility to this feeling.
2. Sensitiveness or responsiveness to divine influence; pious sentiment.
3. Religious emotion or excitement caused by contemplation of God.
thoracopathy
Any disorder of the thorax or of the thoracic organs or tissues.
thrombocytopathy
A general term for any disorder of the coagulating mechanism that results from dysfunction of the blood platelets.
thrombopathy
A nonspecific term applied to disorders of blood platelets.
thymopathy
1. Any disease of the thymus (a ductless, glandlike organ situated in the upper thorax near the throat).
2. Relating to or caused by a disease of the thymus.
thyropathy
A disorder of the thyroid gland.
tonsillopathy
A disease of the tonsil.
toxicopathy, toxicopathic
Disease caused by the action of a poison or toxin; especially chronic poisoning.
tracheopathy, tracheopathia
Any disease of the trachea.
traumatopathy
1. Any pathological condition due to wounds or injuries.
2. Pathologic condition due to wounds or other violence.
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