Etymology

clinicopathology

Today it means: The study of the signs and symptoms of a disease and also of its pathology, especially with regard to their correlations. Full definition →

English pathology ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  5. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  6. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
  7. Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
  8. Late Latinclīnicus
  9. Frenchclinique
  10. Englishclinic
  11. Englishclinico-
  12. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  13. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  14. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  16. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  17. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  18. Frenchpathologie
  19. Englishpathology
  20. English todayclinicopathology

From clinico- + pathology.

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