nonpathology

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noun

That which is not pathology.

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

nounnonpathology (countable and uncountable, plural nonpathologies)

plural nonpathologies

  1. countableuncountableThat which is not pathology.

    Ellis, another strong advocate of the congenital theory, also came to view homosexuality as a nonpathology...

    1985, John P De Cecco, Michael G Shively, Origins of sexuality and homosexuality
adjectivenonpathology (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot of or pertaining to pathology.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  15. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  18. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  19. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  20. Frenchpathologie
  21. Englishpathology
  22. Englishnonpathology

From non- + pathology.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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