# pathology

> English word · Noun · IPA /pəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/ · frequency rank #13,582

## Definitions
1. The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined below.
2. The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined below.
3. The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined below.
4. Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.

## Etymology
From French pathologie, from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “disease”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`apthology`, `pahtology`, `pathhology`, `pathloogy`, `patholgoy`, `pathollogy`, `pathologgy`, `pathologyy`, `patholoyg`, `pathoolgy`, `patohlogy`, `patthology`, `ppathology`, `ptahology`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pathology