病理
Meanings
1
Medical field studying the nature and causes of disease; also used in compounds like 病理学 (pathology as a discipline) and 病理医 (pathologist).
He is a specialist in pathology.
I'm waiting for the results of the pathology test.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉の病理を解明するto elucidate the pathology (underlying cause) of something
Researchers are trying to clarify the pathology of this disease.
- 〈事〉の病理the pathology (root cause) of a social or systemic problem, used metaphorically
He wrote a paper on the pathology of modern society.