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PATHOLOGY
Definition of PATHOLOGY
noun
The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined below. The clinical biomedical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services to clinicians (e.g., cytology, histology, cytopathology, histopathology, cytometry).
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Where it comes from
From French pathologie, from Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “disease”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”). By surface analysis, path- + -ology or patho- + -logy.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,465)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PATHOLOGY · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PATHOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 147 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PATHOLOGY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGHLOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PATHOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
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