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French word
pathologie
Pronunciation
IPA/patoloʒi/
Meaning
- feminine noundisease
Example
Cette pathologie est contagieuse.
This disease is contagious.
More examples
Le médecin explique la pathologie en termes simples.
The doctor explains the disease in simple terms.
Core concept
A medical lens on diseased body functions, covering both the study of disease and a specific disorder.
Common phrases
traitement de la pathologie
treatment for the disease
symptômes de la pathologie
symptoms of the disease
diagnostic de la pathologie
diagnosis of the disease
Similar words
maladie: An illness or disorder affecting the body or mind.
symptôme: A change in the body or mind that reveals an underlying illness, such as pain or fever.
malaise: A slight feeling of physical discomfort or unease.
Definition in French
Discipline médicale qui étudie les maladies et, par extension, terme désignant une maladie ou un trouble organique.
Word origin
Formed from Greek pathos, meaning suffering or disease, and -logia, meaning study, pathologie first named the study of disease and later gained its concrete medical sense.
Usage tips
- Pathologie is a formal medical term that can mean either pathology as a discipline or a disease, while maladie is more common in everyday speech.
Other meanings
- conditionnoun
- pathologynoun
Related words
- pathologiquepathologicaladjective