Where does “clinical pathology” come from?
clinical pathology (English) comes from English clinical, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل, from Arabic كُحْل — kohl, antimony paste.
clinical pathology (English): Pathology carried out in a hospital environment; pathology as an applied science with focus on the needs of clinical activity (that is, diagnosis and treatment in each patient)
Definitions
- Pathology carried out in a hospital environment; pathology as an applied science with focus on the needs of clinical activity (that is, diagnosis and treatment in each patient)
Ancestry of “clinical pathology”, step by step
clinical pathology traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English clinical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | clinical | Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility;... |
| 2 | English | -ál | Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | kohl, antimony paste |
via English pathology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pathology | The branch of medicine concerned with the study... |
| 2 | French | pathologie | pathology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παθολογία | the study of passions |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |