pathologists
Lab tissue analysts
Pathologists are medical doctors who specialize in diagnosing disease by examining tissues, cells, and bodily fluids.
They analyze biopsies, perform autopsies, and interpret lab results that guide treatment decisions.
Most work in hospitals or laboratories rather than seeing patients directly: The pathologist confirmed the tumor was benign.
Forensic pathologists determine causes of death in criminal investigations.
Animal postmortem examination
- postmortemExamination after death
- cause of deathWhy someone died
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- coronerPublic death investigator
medical examiner · dissection · toxicology · death certificate · morgue · cadaver · time of death · manner of death
Of bodily structure
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- neuropathologyStudy of nervous system diseases
Tissue sample for diagnosis
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- cytologyStudy of cells
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- differentialRelative difference between things
interpretation · specimens · slides · staining · microscopy · frozen section · staging · margins
Instrument for viewing minute objects
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
- slidesMoves smoothly across surface
- stainingApplying dye or pigment
- culturesCollective human practices
centrifuge · incubator · pipettes · formalin · paraffin · microtome · embedding · fixation
Areas of damaged tissue
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- dysplasiaAbnormal tissue formation
- hyperplasiaExcessive cell multiplication
metaplasia · malignancy · infection · degeneration · pathogenesis · morphology · etiology · neoplasia
necropsy
Animal postmortem examination
- postmortemExamination after death
- cause of deathWhy someone died
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
coroner · medical examiner · dissection · toxicology · death certificate · morgue · cadaver · time of death · manner of death · gross examination
anatomic
Of bodily structure
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- neuropathologyStudy of nervous system diseases
biopsy
Tissue sample for diagnosis
differential · interpretation · specimens · slides · staining · microscopy · frozen section · staging · margins · malignancy
microscope
Instrument for viewing minute objects
- specimensRepresentative items for examination
- slidesMoves smoothly across surface
- stainingApplying dye or pigment
cultures · centrifuge · incubator · pipettes · formalin · paraffin · microtome · embedding · fixation · frozen section
lesions
Areas of damaged tissue
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- necrosisLocalized cell death
- dysplasiaAbnormal tissue formation
hyperplasia · metaplasia · malignancy · infection · degeneration · pathogenesis · morphology · etiology · neoplasia · fibrosis
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pathologistssurgeons
Doctors performing operations
trauma surgeons · clinicians · healers · therapists · practitioners
pathologistsfamily doctors
Community primary care physicians
general practitioners · attending physicians · emergency physicians · pediatricians · psychiatrists
- speech pathologistsExperts treating communication disorders
- forensic pathologistDoctor investigating suspicious deaths