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Pathology (in ancient Greek pathos = pain/pation and logos = word) is the study of diseases. It is a form of science and a branch of medicine that involves testing samples and diagnosing physical health problems from their evidence. Pathologists are skilled in interpreting test results and physical evidence.

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Speech pathology is not usually linked to the speciality of pathology being a quite separate area mostly involved in helping patients with stroke or speech impediments.

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Pathology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (415 words)
	The related term pathological is sometimes used by clinicians, or casually, to signify some abberrant process underlying such a dysfunction, thus a "pathological growth", or casually, a "pathological attitude" or a "pathological woman hater".
	Pathological can also be used in data sets in mathematics or statistics to reference an exceptionally (or awkwardly, or inconveniently) atypical example or set of data, often one which does not abide by rules or succumb to treatment that other similar cases usually do:
	Here, an input (or set of inputs) is said to be pathological if it causes atypical behavior from the algorithm, such as a violation of its average case complexity, or even its correctness.

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