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| ** '''Pathos''', or suffering | | ** '''Pathos''', or suffering |
| ** '''Logos''', or reasoning/logic. | | ** '''Logos''', or reasoning/logic. |
− | * There are several definitions of "pathology": | + | * Pathology is defined as the study of disease including: |
− | *# The science of the study of disease.
| + | ** '''Aetiology''' - causal factor(s) |
− | *# The scientific study of disease that is concerned with the abnormal states of the body, with the functional disorders that accompany these states, and with the agents and mechanisms that bring them about.
| + | ** '''Pathogenesis''' - the development of the disease within the body. |
− | *# The study of disease including:
| + | ** '''Lesions''' - the observable structural changes in the tissues and fluids of the body. |
− | *#* Aetiology - causal factor(s) | + | ** '''Pathophysiology''' - the functional changes in diseased tissues. |
− | *#* Pathogenesis - the development of the disease within the body. | + | ** '''Sequel''' - the consequences of the disease in the body. |
− | *#* Lesions - the observable structural changes in the tissues and fluids of the body. | + | ** '''Remote effects''' - the effect of disease in one tissue on other tissues in the body. |
− | *#* Pathophysiology - the functional changes in diseased tissues. | |
− | *#* Sequel - the consequences of the disease in the body. | |
− | *#* Remote effects - the effect of disease in one tissue on other tissues in the body. | |
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| ===Lesions=== | | ===Lesions=== |