Pathoanatomy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pathoanatomy is a noun meaning The study of the causes of disease based on the examination of organs and tissues.
Meaning
The study of the causes of disease based on the examination of organs and tissues.
More Meanings
- The anatomic mechanism of the pathogenesis of a disease or any particular case thereof.
Example Sentences
His work laid the foundations for nineteenth-century pathoanatomy, and helps explain why, within a few decades, Cullen and his colleagues had gone the way of Galen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pathoanatomist, etiopathology, pathoetiology, histopathology, pathology, anatomy.
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