Physiology or Pathology - What's the difference?
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A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.
(obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.
(medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.
The medical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services (e.g., cytology, histology) to clinicians.
Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.
As nouns the difference between physiology and pathology
is that physiology is a branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved while pathology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.physiology
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(wikipedia physiology)Noun
Derived terms
* zoophysiology * cytophysiology * ecophysiology * electrophysiology * neurophysiology * pathophysiology * phytophysiology * psychophysiology * sociophysiologySee also
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* * * English words suffixed with -ologypathology
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(pathologies)- The surgeon sent a specimen of the cyst to the pathology department for staining and analysis to determine its histologic subtype.