- "Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury."
Study of the mechanisms and characteristics of various diseases, injuries, and other impairments that affect the functioning of the human body.
Anatomy: An understanding of the various organs, tissues, and structures within the body.
Physiology: The study of how the body functions.
General Pathology: A basic understanding of disease processes, including inflammation, tissue repair, and neoplasia.
Musculoskeletal Pathology: An understanding of joint and bone conditions such as osteoporosis, arthritis, and fractures.
Neurological Pathology: An understanding of the nervous system and diseases that affect it, such as dementia, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease.
Cardiovascular Pathology: An understanding of diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels, such as hypertension, heart disease, and peripheral vascular disease.
Respiratory Pathology: An understanding of diseases of the lungs and airways, such as asthma, COPD, and lung cancer.
Gastrointestinal Pathology: An understanding of the organs of the digestive system and diseases that affect them, such as ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and liver disease.
Renal Pathology: An understanding of diseases that affect the kidneys, such as chronic kidney disease and renal failure.
Hematological Pathology: An understanding of blood diseases, such as leukemia and anemia.
Epidemiology: The study of the distribution and determinants of disease in populations.
Biostatistics: The application of statistical methods to biological and medical data.
Diagnosis: Methods and tools used to diagnose disease.
Imaging: Various imaging techniques to visualize internal structures and organs.
Treatment: The various treatment options and methods for managing different diseases and impairments.
Rehabilitation: The process of restoring function and assisting individuals in reaching their maximum potential in terms of physical abilities and daily activities.
Disability Assessment: Includes determining the extent and nature of a person’s physical or mental impairment, the specific medical conditions causing this impairment, and their functional limitations to establish eligibility for benefits, job accommodation, or legal claims.
Clinical Reasoning: The process of integrating and evaluating different types of clinical information to make informed decisions related to patient care.
- "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."