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Noun: pathology  ,pa'thó-lu-jee
  1. The branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
     
  2. Any deviation from a healthy or normal condition

Derived forms: pathologies

Type of: health problem, ill health, medical science, unhealthiness

Encyclopedia: Pathology, Mental

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