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patologia

Also known as pathobiology

estudo e diagnóstico de uma doença

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Pathology is the study of disease, encompassing a wide range of biology research and medical practices, though in modern medicine it typically refers more narrowly to specialized tests and processes that diagnose disease by analyzing tissue and cell samples. It matters because pathologists play a crucial role in identifying what diseases people have, which is essential for guiding treatment decisions.

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Medical specialty.title: Pathology
Medical specialty.image: 275px
Medical specialty.caption: A pathologist examines a tissue section for evidence of cancerous cells while a surgeon observes.
Medical specialty.focus: Disease
Medical specialty.subdivisions: Anatomical pathology, clinical pathology, dermatopathology, forensic pathology, hematopathology, histopathology, molecular pathology, surgical pathology
Medical specialty.diseases: All infectious and organic diseases and physiological disorders
Medical specialty.tests: All medical diagnostic tests, particular biopsy, blood analysis, dissection, and other applications of medical microscopy
Medical specialty.specialist: Pathologist
Medical specialty.glossary: Glossary of medicine
Occupation.name: Pathologist
Occupation.official_names: Physician Surgeon
Occupation.type: Specialty
Occupation.activity_sector: Medicine, Surgery
Occupation.formation: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Doctor of Osteopathic medicine (D.O.) Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S./M.B.Ch.B.)
Occupation.employment_field: Hospitals, Clinics

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Research

4,671,895 papers

Current concepts in gastrointestinal pathology.Pathology · 2022Garcia-Buitrago M, Montgomery EADOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.12.002
Molecular pathology of rare progeroid diseases.ReviewTrends in molecular medicine · 2021Rieckher M, Garinis GA, Schumacher BDOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2021.06.011
Current concepts and molecular pathology of neurodegenerative diseases.ReviewPathology · 2025Forrest SL, Kovacs GGDOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2024.10.006
Deep computational pathology in breast cancer.ReviewSeminars in cancer biology · 2021Duggento A, Conti A, Mauriello A et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.08.006
Preface: Updates and Challenges in Gastrointestinal Pathology.Surgical pathology clinics · 2020Gonzalez RSDOI: 10.1016/j.path.2020.06.003
Pathology Informatics Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC).ReviewActa medica academica · 2021Kim D, Hanna MG, Vanderbilt C et al.DOI: 10.5644/ama2006-124.331
Frontiers in Genitourinary Pathology.Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine · 2020Huang J, Zhang LDOI: 10.5858/arpa.2019-0560-ED
Digital Pathology Allows for Global Second Opinions for Urologic Malignancies.ReviewCurrent urology reports · 2025Shepherd DJ, Gordetsky JBDOI: 10.1007/s11934-025-01255-7

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: field of study
Image: Pathologists looking into microscopes (1).jpg

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practiced by: anatomical pathologist
described by source: National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan
Commons category: Pathology
topic's main category: Category:Pathology
topic has template: Template:Pathology
exact match: schema.org/Pathology

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Article · Português

Patologia (derivado do grego pathos, afetação, doença, e logia, ciência, estudo) é um ramo da biologia e medicina primariamente dedicado à análise e estudo de órgãos, tecidos e fluidos corporais, com a finalidade de fazer um diagnóstico das doenças. Por extensão, pode ser considerada além disso, em geral sob aspectos determinados, tanto na medicina quanto em outras áreas do conhecimento como matemática, arquitetura e engenharias, onde é conhecida como "Patologia das Edificações" e estuda as manifestações anômalas (lesões, danos, defeitos e falhas) que podem vir a ocorrer em uma construção. Na medicina envolve tanto a ciência básica quanto a prática clínica, e é devotada ao estudo das alterações estruturais e funcionais das células, dos tecidos e dos órgãos que estão ou podem estar sujeitos a doenças. O termo patologia tem sido usado, erroneamente, como sinônimo de doença. Tal uso é decorrente da tradução imprópria do inglês pathology.

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