macropathology

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noun

The gross anatomical changes caused by a disease

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

nounmacropathology (countable and uncountable, plural macropathologies)

plural macropathologies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineThe gross anatomical changes caused by a disease

    There were no associativity (P>0.05) between the K-ras genetic mutation and sex, age, smoking history, drinking history, tumor location, macropathology type, differentiation level, staging, invasive depth, lymph nodes transferring and metastasis in colorectal cancer patients (P>0.05).

    2015 June 15, Mayinur Eli et al., “K-ras genetic mutation and influencing factor analysis for Han and Uygur nationality colorectal cancer patients”, in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, volume 8

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  8. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  11. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  12. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  13. Frenchpathologie
  14. Englishpathology
  15. Englishmacropathology

From macro- + pathology.

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APA

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

MLA

“macropathology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macropathology. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “macropathology,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macropathology.

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