English Dictionary: Therapeutics | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Pathology \Pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[ycr]), n.; pl. {Pathologies} (-j[icr]z). [Gr. pa`qos a suffering, disease + -logy: cf. F. pathologie.] (Med.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc. Note: Pathology is general or special, according as it treats of disease or morbid processes in general, or of particular diseases; it is also subdivided into internal and external, or medical and surgical pathology. Its departments are {nosology}, {[91]tiology}, {morbid anatomy}, {symptomatology}, and {therapeutics}, which treat respectively of the classification, causation, organic changes, symptoms, and cure of diseases. {Celluar pathology}, a theory that gives prominence to the vital action of cells in the healthy and diseased function of the body. --Virchow. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Therapeutics \Ther`a*peu"tics\, n. [Cf. F. th[82]rapeutique.] That part of medical science which treats of the discovery and application of remedies for diseases. |