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.
bursopathy
Any disease of a bursa (a sac or saclike cavity filled with a viscid [VIS id] or sticky fluid that is situated at places in the tissues at which friction would otherwise develop).
cacopathy
An old term for a severe affliction or malady.
capillaropathy
Any disease of the capillaries, often applied to vascular changes in diabetes mellitus.
cardangiopathy
A disease of the heart vessels.
cardiomyopathy, cardiopathia, cardiopathic
Any disease of the heart muscle; also, myocardiopathy.
cardiopathy, cardiopath
A reference to heart disease.
celiopathy
A term for any abdominal disease.
cenesthopathy
1. Any localized distortion of body awareness, such as the feeling that a hand has become like jelly; less commonly the term is used to refer to a feeling of general physical ill-being.
2. A general feeling of discomfort, unease, and malaise not attributable to any particular part of the body.
cephalopathy
See encephalopathy.
cerebropathy, cerebropathia
1. Any disease of the brain.
2. A hypochondriacal condition, approaching insanity, which sometimes supervenes in persons whose brains have been overtaxed.
cholecystopathy
Disease of the gallbladder.
chondropathology
The study of the diseases of cartilage or the firm, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints.
A more flexible kind of cartilage connects muscles with bones and makes up other parts of the body; such as, the larynx and the outside parts of the ears.
chondropathy
Disease of the cartilage.
coagulopathy
Disease affecting the coagulability of the blood.
colonopathy
Any disordered condition of the colon. Also colopathy.
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