Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PA-THOL'O-GY
PA-THOL'O-GY, n. [Gr. παθος, passion, suffering, and λογος, discourse.]
That part of medicine which explains the nature of diseases, their causes and symptoms; or the doctrine of the causes and nature of diseases, comprehending nosology, etiology, symptomatology, and therapeutics. – Encyc. Coxe.
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