🧠 To label as illness 🧬 To test for disease

to pathologize

1 9.2

Examine body tissue for signs of disease

verb
/pəˈθɑlədʒaɪz/

Specialized

: patologizar

The doctor will pathologize the tissue sample.

Examples

After surgery, the removed organ was pathologized for further analysis.
They pathologized the biopsy results yesterday.
The laboratory will pathologize the tissue sample to check for any signs of infection.
Doctors often pathologize unusual growths to determine if they are cancerous.
The doctor will pathologize the samples to confirm the diagnosis.
During the procedure, the technician prepared to pathologize the tissue samples for further analysis.
After examining the biopsy, the pathologist will pathologize the findings to determine if there is any disease present.

Synonyms

to diagnose

vsto pathologize

374 4.3

To find the cause of an illness or problem by examining it

is limited to examining tissue samples in a lab to detect disease

How Thorough

to pathologize

Specialized

1 9.2

to analyze

513 3.2

to examine

834 2.5

to inspect

183 2.5

to observe

605 2.4

Surface Forms

pathologize infinitive

pathologized past

pathologized past participle

pathologizing present participle

pathologizes third person singular

Morphology

pathologize = pathology (transparent) = pathology + ize

Formed by adding the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize' to the noun 'pathology', yielding the action 'to perform pathology'.

Etymology

Pathologize comes from pathology, where patho- means 'disease' and -logy means 'study'. So to pathologize a tissue is to examine it to find signs of disease.