Etymology

pathobiology

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Today it means: The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects. Full definition →

English biology ← New Latin biologia ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  2. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  3. Englishpatho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  5. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  9. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  10. New Latinbiologia
  11. Englishbiology
  12. English todaypathobiology

From patho- + biology.

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