Main Entry: pa·thol·o·gy

Pronunciation: \-jē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural pa·thol·o·gies

1 : the study of the essential nature of diseases and especially of the structural and functional changes produced by them
2 : the anatomic and physiological deviations from the normal that constitute disease or characterize a particular disease
3 : a treatise on or compilation of abnormalities <a new pathology of the eye>