pathology

Other forms of pathology

plural

pathologies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pathology

What does pathology mean?

pathology means "the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pathology?

pathology has 4 syllables: pa-tho-lo-gy. The stress falls on "tho". In IPA it is /pəˈθɑlədʒi/.

Is pathology a common word?

pathology is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pathology?

3 words rhyme with pathology. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.