mechanopathology

noun

mechanical (typically surgical) pathology

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

nounmechanopathology (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicinemechanical (typically surgical) pathology

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  3. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  4. Latinmēchanicus
  5. Old Frenchmecanique
  6. Middle Englishmekanyk
  7. Englishmechan(ic)
  8. Englishmechano-
  9. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  10. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  13. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  14. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  15. Frenchpathologie
  16. Englishpathology
  17. Englishmechanopathology

From mechano- + pathology.

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APA

mechanopathology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanopathology

MLA

“mechanopathology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanopathology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mechanopathology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechanopathology.

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