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.
deuteropathy, deuteropathic
1. A secondary disease or symptom of a disease that results from another infection in the body.
2. Any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
3. A sympathetic affection of any part of the body; such as, a headache resulting from an overloaded stomach.
dipsopathy
Alcoholism; any diseased condition resulting from excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
discopathy
Disease of a disk, especially of an invertebral disk.
dyspathetic, dyspathic
Descriptive of being the opposite of sympathy; including, antipathy, aversion, dislike; disagreement of feeling or sentiment.
echopathy
The pathological repetition through imitation of the actions or speech of another; a form of psychopathology. It occurs most frequently in the catatonic phase of schizophrenia, when the patient assumes the postures, gestures, and speech of another in what appears to be “mirror fashion” behavior.
egopathy
Hostile behavior due to a psychopathically exaggerated sense of self-importance. Egopathic patients are characterized by a strong egocentric trend that compels them to deprecate others in their constant aggressive and unconceding attitude.
electropathy, electropathology
The study of diseases as related to electrical reactions. (electro, "amber", because an electric charge can be produced in amber by rubbing + patho, "disease".
eleopathy
A swelling of the joints, possibly due to a fatty deposit following a contusion (an injury of a part without a break in the skin; a bruise).
embryopathology
The study of abnormal embryos or of defective development of fetuses.
embryopathy
A morbid condition in the embryo or fetus. Also fetopathy.
emmeniopathy
A disorder of the process of menstruation.
empathist
1. Anyone who uses intellectual identification with, or the vicarious experiencing of, the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another person.
2. Someone who has an imaginative response to an object; such as, a natural object or a work of art; or who shows feelings or attitudes which are present in oneself.
empathize
1. To identify with and to understand someone else's feelings or difficulties.
2. To feel empathy with another person or to understand another person's situation, feelings, and motives.
empathy, empathetic
Identification with and understanding of another's feelings, situation, and motives; attribution of one's own feelings to an object.
Empathy was apparently borrowed in 1904 from Greek
empátheia, "passion" (
em-, "in" plus
páthos, "feeling").
It was a translation of the German Einfühlung (ein; "in" plus Fühlung, "feeling"), a word which was introduced in 1903 by the German philosopher and psychologist, Theodore Lipps, who originated the theory of aesthetic empathy (that art appreciation depends on the viewer's ability to project his personality into the object).
—The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, edited by Robert K. Barnhart.
True empathy is when another person strikes it rich and you feel as if it’s money in YOUR pocket.
—Anonymous
encephalopathy, encephalopathia
1. A disease or disorder of the brain.
2. A disease of the brain; especially, one involving alterations of brain structure.
3. A reference to the involvement of large parts of the brain (or the whole organ), instead of identifiable changes confined just to parts of the brain.
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