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.


endocrinopathy
1. A disorder of an endocrine gland and the consequences thereof.
2. Literally, a disease of an endocrine gland. A medical term for a hormone problem.
enteropathogen, enteropathogenic
An organism capable of producing disease in the intestinal tract.
enteropathogenesis
The production of diseases or disorders of the intestines.
enthesopathy
Disease at the site of the insertion of muscle tendons and ligaments into bones or joint capsules.
entomopathogenic
Causing a disease or diseases in insects.
enzymopathy
Any disturbance of enzyme function. An enzyme is a protein molecule that catalyzes chemical reactions of other substances without itself being destroyed or altered upon completion of the reactions.
erotopathy
In psychiatry, any abnormality of the sexual impulse.
etiopathological
1. Relating to specific lesions concerned with the cause of a disease.
2. A reference to research in the causes of an abnormal illness.
etiopathology
Pathogenesis or the mechanisms involved in the causes and developments of a disease.
eupathy, eupathic
A happy condition of the soul.
exopathy, exopathic
Referring to a disease originating outside the body.
fetopathy
1. A morbid condition in the embryo or fetus; embryopathy.
2. Disease in a fetus after the mother's third month of pregnancy.
forensic pathology
A branch of medicine concerned with determining the cause of deaths usually for civil or criminal law cases.

The forensic pathologist performs autopsies to determine the cause of a death; such as, examining a bullet wound to the head, exsanguination, strangulation, etc. and the manner of a death (including homicide, accident, natural, or suicide).

Forensic pathologists also work closely with the coroner (England and Wales) or medical examiner (United States). The examination of dead bodies (autopsy or post mortem) is a subset of anatomical pathology.

Forensic pathologists are often also known as forensic medical examiners or police surgeons.

gammopathy
A primary disturbance in immunoglobulin.
gangliopathy
A diseased condition of the central ganglia of the sympathetic system.


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Related-word units meaning feeling: aesth-; senso-; pass-.


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