path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy

A hereditary disorder of white patches or lack of typical skin pigmentation on the extremities (fingers, toes, etc.): From childhood on, Helen was self conscious of the acroleukopathy on her arms so she always wore long sleeves to cover them so people wouldn't stare at her.

The study of diseases that affect the extremities; such as, the hands, fingers, feet, and toes: Because they are so frequently used, acropathology of the hands and fingers may require medical attention because they are susceptible to injury, including cuts, burns, bites, fractures, and even tendon injuries.

Acropathology also involves the feet and toes because of such ailments as athlete's foot, a fungal infection, primarily affecting the skin between the toes, causing itchiness, sores, and cracked skin; as well as, ingrown toenails which often affects the nail of the big toe, resulting in inflammation of the surrounding tissue and infections of these tissues.

A condition affecting the fingers and toes in which the nail-beds result in thickening and widening of the extremities of the digits; the nails are abnormally curved and shiny.

A swelling or morbid enlargement of the lymph nodes.

Any diseased or abnormal condition of the adrenal glands: Adrenalopathy includes the glands that are situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism (all the chemical processes that take place in the body).

Any diseased or ailing condition of the adrenal glands.

Any morbid state induced by a pronounced change in atmospheric pressure: Altitude sickness, mountain sickness, or decompression sickness are examples of aeropathy.

A description of a spectrum of permanent and often devastating birth-defect syndromes caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy: The main effect of alcohol fetalpathy is brain damage which can be caused during any trimester, because the fetus's brain continues to develop throughout the entire pregnancy.

The brain damage that is a result of alcohol fetopathy is often accompanied by, and reflected in, distinctive facial stigmata or characteristics which are indicative of a disease or abnormalities.

The release into the environment by one plant of a substance that inhibits the germination or growth of other potential competitor plants of the same or another species.

Someone who practices substitutive therapy or a therapeutic system in which a disease is treated by producing a second condition that is incompatible with or antagonistic to the first (homeopathy).

1. Substitutive therapy or a therapeutic system in which a disease is treated by producing a second condition that is incompatible with or antagonistic to the first (homeopathy).
2. A method of treating a disease by introducing a condition that is intended to cause a pathologic reaction which will be antagonistic to the condition being treated.
3. A system of medicine in which disease is treated by producing effects opposed to or incompatible with the effects of the disease process.
4. A method of treating disease with remedies that produce effects different from those caused by the disease itself.
5. The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the disease under treatment. Medical doctors are said to practice allopathic medicine.

The term "allopathy" was coined in 1842 by C.F.S. Hahnemann to designate the usual, or normal, practice of medicine (allopathy) as opposed to homeopathy, the system of therapy that he founded based on the concept that disease can be treated with drugs (in minute doses) and so produce the same symptoms in healthy people as the disease itself.

Any disease of a tonsil or tonsils.

1. A medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of diseases that are based on the normally visible, microscopic, and molecular examination of organs, tissues, and whole bodies: An anatomic pathology is an autopsy that is done after a person's death.
2. The anatomical study of changes in the function, structure, or appearance of organs, or tissues, including postmortem examinations and the study of biopsy specimens.