名詞 pathology:

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

pa.thol.o.gy

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 pa.thol.o.gies 縮寫 path.,pathol.
The scientific study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.Also called pathobiology
病理學(xué)：研究疾病的性質(zhì)、原因、發(fā)生、發(fā)展的科學(xué)也作 pathobiology
The anatomic or functional manifestations of a disease:
病理，病狀：疾病的解剖和生理上的表現(xiàn)：
例句：
the pathology of cancer.
癌癥的病理

A departure or deviation from a normal condition:
反常：偏離正常狀況：
例句：
.Neighborhoods plagued by a self-perpetuating pathology of joblessness, welfare dependency, crime.(Time)
.附近地區(qū)被失業(yè)、救濟依賴和犯罪等反常現(xiàn)象所纏繞.(時代)

【引伸】
pathol.ogist
n.（名詞）