ichthyopathology

noun

The study of diseases of fish.

OriginEnglish pathology ← French pathologie ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) →
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Meanings

nounichthyopathology (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe study of diseases of fish.

    Classically the species of Aeromonas implicated in fish disease that have been considered important in ichthyopathology were A. salmonicida and A. hydrophila.

    2012, Edmir Carvalho, Health and Environment in Aquaculture, page 124

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰǵʰúHs?
  2. Proto-Hellenic*ikʰtʰū́s
  3. Ancient Greekῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ĭkhthū́s)
  4. Englishichthyo-
  5. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  6. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  9. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  10. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  11. Frenchpathologie
  12. Englishpathology
  13. Englishichthyopathology

From ichthyo- + pathology.

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ichthyopathology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichthyopathology

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