Pathology
30 entries in the Pathology compendium.
PathologyThe medical study of disease and its diagnosis.AphasiologyStudy of language impairment from brain damage.ApoplexyHistorical term for sudden death with loss of consciousness.Banff ClassificationStandardized schema for kidney transplant pathology nomenclature.Bethesda systemStandardized system for reporting Pap smear and thyroid cytology.Biochemistry of Alzheimer's diseaseProtein misfolding disease causing dementia through amyloid and tau aggregation.Blood smearA stained blood layer for microscopic cell analysis.Bouin solutionCompound fixative for histology, invented by French biologist Pol Bouin.Cardiac pathologySubspecialty of pathology focused on heart diseases and disorders.Carnoy's solutionFixative invented by 19th century cytologist Jean-Baptiste Carnoy.Cause (medicine)Study of disease causation in medicine and epidemiology.Causes of cancerCancer arises from genetic damage, often from environmental and lifestyle factors.Charcot–Leyden crystalsMicroscopic crystals of galectin-10 in allergic and parasitic disease.Clinical biologistHealth professional specialized in clinical biology and laboratory diagnostics.Clinical chemistryDivision of pathology analyzing bodily fluids for disease diagnosis.Clinical pathologyDiagnoses disease via lab analysis of bodily fluids and tissues.Contraction band necrosisUnique cardiac myocyte necrosis from reperfusion hypercontraction.Cortical pseudolaminar necrosisBand-like cortical cell death from oxygen deprivation.CrystallopathyA heterogeneous group of diseases from crystal formation and aggregation.CytotechnologyMicroscopic cell interpretation to detect cancer and abnormalities.Defense woundInjuries from a victim's attempt to fend off an attacker.Digital pathologySub-field of pathology using digitized slides for analysis and diagnosis.Discovery of disease-causing pathogensPathogen discovery is complex, often taking decades.Electron microscopeUses electron beams for much higher resolution than light microscopes.EmperipolesisIntact cell within another cell; viable, not destroyed.Enzyme assayLaboratory methods for measuring enzymatic activity.Error catastropheCumulative mutation accumulation leading to inviability.Fat necrosisFat necrosis is necrosis affecting fat tissue from various injuries.Fixation (histology)Preserving biological tissues from decay for microscopic analysis.Fluorescence in situ hybridizationMolecular cytogenetic technique using fluorescent probes to localize nucleic acid sequences.
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