Branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
pathology \pa*thol"o*gy\ (-j[y^]), n.; pl. pathologies (-j[i^]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, ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) The treatment of disease; the science of healing.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All high cost drugs are already rationed in hospitals through drug and therapeutics committees and clinical pharmacy services. ▪ Homoeopathy is not a complete system of medicine but a system of therapeutics - that is, a system ...