pathology
/pəˈθɒlədʒɪ/noun
mass noun
1- the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes病理学：
research people skilled in experimental pathology.
熟练的实验病理学研究人员。
1.1
- Medicine pathological features considered collectively; the typical behaviour of a disease【医】病理, 病状：
the pathology of Huntington's disease.
亨廷顿病的症状。
1.2
- Medicine a pathological condition【医】症状, 病征, 病况：
the dominant pathology is multiple sclerosis.
主要症状是多发性硬化。
1.3
- usu. with modifier mental, social, or linguistic abnormality or malfunction精神异常; 社会异常; 语言异常：
the city's inability to cope with the pathology of a burgeoning underclass.
这个城市没有能力对付社会底层不断增长这一社会病。
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pathologist
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