path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy +
(Greek: feeling, sensation, perception; suffering, disease, or disorder; a system of treatment of disease)
In medicine, some of these elements usually mean "someone who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats a disease"; so, they should not be confused with the words that mean "feeling" which are also shown on these pages even though both meanings come from the same Greek element.
gastropathy
Any disease of the stomach.
geopathology
1. The study of the peculiarities of disease in relation to topography, climate, food habits, etc., of various regions of the earth.
2. The science concerned with the harmful effects on the body of environment, topography, climate, food and water supplies, and ecological factors.
2. The science concerned with the harmful effects on the body of environment, topography, climate, food and water supplies, and ecological factors.
glossopathy
Any disease of the tongue.
gonadopathy
Any disease affecting the gonads.
graphopathologist
Someone who interprets personality disorders from the study of handwriting.
graphopathology, graphopathological
1. In psychology, the study of handwriting as a symptom of mental or emotional disorder.
2. Interpretation of personality disorders from a study of handwriting.
2. Interpretation of personality disorders from a study of handwriting.
gynecopathy
Any disease peculiar to women, especially one involving the genitourinary system.
gynecopathy, gynecopathic; gynopathy, gynopathic
Any disease of, or peculiar to, women.
gynopathy
Any disease peculiar to women.
haematopathology, hematopathology
The study of diseases of the blood.
haematopathy, hematopathy
Any kind of disease of the blood.
haemopathology, hemopathology
The study of diseases of the blood.
haplopathy
heliopathy, heliopathia
1. Physical injury from exposure to sunlight.
2. Any pathological changes induced by sunlight.
2. Any pathological changes induced by sunlight.
hellstromism
1. A technique simulating telepathy, in which the "mind reader" (who generally holds a hand or arm) responds to slight muscle movements produced unconsciously by the person whose mind is apparently being read. Also known as "muscle reading" or Cumberlandism.
2. Coined by Robert Nelson as being the development and practice of a "sixth sense" or "perception" that enables the operator to divine certain thoughts and commands of others.
2. Coined by Robert Nelson as being the development and practice of a "sixth sense" or "perception" that enables the operator to divine certain thoughts and commands of others.
According to the creator of the term and the practice of this system of communication, "Hellstromism is true mindreading, and in its highly developed stages is definitely divorced from any element of trickery or fraud. It is the writer's sincere conviction that the development of the faculty will lead to the revelation of mysteries and possibilities of the mind that are far beyond our present day conception."
