patho-
Prefix meaning suffering
Patho- is a combining form meaning disease or suffering, from the Greek for feeling or experience.
It appears in medical and scientific vocabulary: pathology (the study of disease), pathogen (a disease-causing organism), pathophysiology (how disease affects bodily functions).
The related suffix -pathy indicates a condition or disease: neuropathy, psychopathy.
Science of disease mechanisms
- cardiomyopathyHeart muscle disorder
- retinopathyDisease of eye's photosensitive layer
- nephropathyKidney tissue deterioration
- encephalopathyDisease impairing brain function
Insincere, overdone sentiment
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
- feelingSensed inner state
- sentimentFelt attitude or view
passion · affecting · moving · touching · poignant · melancholy · sorrow · grief
Identification of illness
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- histopathologyDisease study through tissue
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
lesion · specimen · tissue · cellular · abnormality · morphology · etiology · prognosis
pathophysiology
Science of disease mechanisms
- cardiomyopathyHeart muscle disorder
- retinopathyDisease of eye's photosensitive layer
- nephropathyKidney tissue deterioration
bathetic
Insincere, overdone sentiment
- compassionConcern for others' distress
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
- feelingSensed inner state
sentiment · passion · affecting · moving · touching · poignant · melancholy · sorrow · grief · anguish
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- histopathologyDisease study through tissue
- autopsyMedical examination after death
microscopy · lesion · specimen · tissue · cellular · abnormality · morphology · etiology · prognosis · clinical
patho-wellness
Overall state of health
health · healing · therapeutic · curative · restorative
- forensic pathologyMedical death investigation
- pathological liarOne who deceives compulsively
- pathological lyingCompulsive, repetitive fabrication of falsehoods
- forensic pathologistDoctor investigating suspicious deaths
- speech pathologistCommunication disorder specialist
- pathetic fallacyNature given human feelings
pathos, pathetic, pathetically, apathy, apathetic, apathetically, sympathy, sympathetic, sympathetically