pathologist

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noun

An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines samples of body tissues for diagnostic or forensic purpose.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounpathologist (plural pathologists)

plural pathologists

  1. An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines samples of body tissues for diagnostic or forensic purpose.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis

Broader
specialistmedical specialist

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  2. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  6. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  7. Frenchpathologie
  8. Englishpathology
  9. Englishpathologist

From pathology + -ist.

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Translations

Catalan patòleg
  • patòlegexpert in pathology
Czech patolog
  • patologexpert in pathology
Danish patolog
  • patologexpert in pathology
Dutch patholoog, patholoog-anatoom
  • patholoogexpert in pathology
  • patholoog-anatoomexpert in pathology
Esperanto patologo
  • patologoexpert in pathology
Finnish patologi
  • patologiexpert in pathology
French pathologiste
  • pathologisteexpert in pathology
German Pathologe
  • Pathologeexpert in pathology
Greek παθολογοανατόμος
  • παθολογοανατόμος (pathologoanatómos)expert in pathology
Indonesian patolog
  • patologexpert in pathology
Italian patologo
  • patologoexpert in pathology
Latin pathologus
  • pathologusexpert in pathology
Norwegian Bokmål patolog
  • patologexpert in pathology
Polish patolog
  • patologexpert in pathology
Portuguese patologista
  • patologistaexpert in pathology
Romanian patolog, patologă
  • patologexpert in pathology
  • patologăexpert in pathology
Russian пато́лог
  • пато́лог (patólog)expert in pathology
Spanish patólogo
  • patólogoexpert in pathology
Swedish patolog
  • patologexpert in pathology
Tagalog palasakit, dalubsakit
  • palasakitexpert in pathology
  • dalubsakitexpert in pathology
Turkish patoloji uzmanı, patolog
  • patoloji uzmanıexpert in pathology
  • patologexpert in pathology

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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