Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease.

The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos which may be translated into English as either "experience" or "suffering". and , -logia, "An account of" or "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling.Pathologies is synonymous with diseases. The suffix "path" is used to indicate a disease, e.g.psychopath. Pathology addresses four components of disease: cause/etiology, mechanisms of development (pathogenesis), structural alterations of cells (morphologic changes), and the consequences of changes [1] (clinical manifestations). Pathology is further separated into divisions, based on either the system being studied (e.g. veterinary pathology and animal disease) or the focus of the examination (e.g. forensic pathology and determining the cause of death).
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1 History 2 Anatomical pathology 3 Clinical pathology 4 Dermatopathology 5 Hematopathology 6 Renal pathology 7 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 8 Forensic pathology 9 Veterinary pathology 10 Plant pathology 11 Molecular pathology 12 General pathology 13 Pathology as a medical specialty 14 See also 15 References 16 External links