- "Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury."
The study of diseases and their effects on the human body.
Cellular injury and adaptations: Explains the concept of cellular injury due to various factors like physical and chemical agents, inflammation, and infections. Also covers cellular adaptations that occur in response to chronic stress or injury.
Inflammation and repair: Covers the process of inflammation, its causes, the cells involved, and the outcomes. Also explains the process of tissue repair and regeneration, and the factors that influence it.
Infectious diseases: Covers the different types of infectious agents like bacteria, viruses, and fungi, their characteristics, and the diseases they cause. Also covers the immune response to infectious agents.
Neoplasia: Explains the process of abnormal growth and differentiation, leading to the formation of tumors. Covers the different types of tumors, their characteristics, and the factors that influence their growth and spread.
Hemodynamic disorders: Covers the disturbances in blood flow due to various causes like obstruction, decreased blood volume, and increased blood pressure. Explains the consequences of these disorders on different organs and tissues.
Genetic disorders: Discusses the different types of genetic disorders, their causes, and their inheritance patterns. Also covers the molecular basis of these disorders and the techniques used for genetic testing and diagnosis.
Immunopathology: Covers the different types of immune-mediated diseases, their causes, and the immune response involved. Also explains the principles of immunotherapy and immunosuppressive therapy.
Environmental pathology: Covers the impact of environmental factors like pollution, radiation, and climate on human health. Also explains the principles of preventive medicine and occupational health.
- "When used in the context of modern medical treatment, the term is often used in a narrower fashion to refer to processes and tests that fall within the contemporary medical field of 'general pathology'."
- "A physician practicing pathology is called a pathologist."
- "Pathology addresses components of disease: cause, mechanisms of development (pathogenesis), structural alterations of cells (morphologic changes), and the consequences of changes (clinical manifestations)."
- "In common medical practice, general pathology is mostly concerned with analyzing known clinical abnormalities that are markers or precursors for both infectious and non-infectious disease."
- "General pathology is conducted by experts in one of two major specialties, anatomical pathology and clinical pathology."
- "Comparing, for example, cytopathology, hematopathology, and histopathology."
- "Organs, as in renal pathology."
- "Physiological systems, as with oral pathology."
- "Yes, as with forensic pathology."
- "Pathology is a significant field in modern medical diagnosis and medical research."
- "In the statement 'the many different forms of cancer have diverse pathologies,' in which case a more proper choice of word would be 'pathophysiologies'."
- "The affix pathy is sometimes used to indicate a state of disease in cases of both physical ailment and psychological conditions."
- "Pathology also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices."
- "Pathology incorporates a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices."
- "Anatomical pathology is one of the major specialties in general pathology."
- "Clinical pathology is one of the major specialties in general pathology."
- "An area [within general pathology] which includes a number of distinct but inter-related medical specialties that diagnose disease, mostly through analysis of tissue and human cell samples."
- "Idiomatically, 'a pathology' may also refer to the predicted or actual progression of particular diseases."
- "The many different forms of cancer have diverse pathologies."