| pathema | An obsolete term for a disease or morbid condition. Origin: G. Pathema, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pathematic aphasia | Mutism related to anger or strong emotions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathergasia | An obsolete term for a physiologic or anatomical defect that limits normal emotional adjustment. Origin: G. Pathos, disease, + ergasia, work (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathergy | Those reactions resulting from a state of altered activity, both allergic (immune) and nonallergic. Origin: G. Pathos, disease, + ergon, work (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathetic | 1. Expressing or showing anger; passionate. 2. Affecting or moving the tender emotions, especially. Pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story. "Pathetic action." "No theory of the passions can teach a man to be pathetic." (E. <anatomy> Porter) Pathetic muscle, the fourth cranial, or trochlear, nerve, which supplies the superior oblique, or pathetic, muscle of the eye. The pathetic, a style or manner adapted to arouse the tender emotions. Origin: L. Patheticus, Gr, fr, to suffer: cf. F. Pathetique. See Pathos. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pathetic nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The trochlear nerve controls an extraocular muscle. Lesions of this nerve will result in rotation of the eyeball upward and outward (and double vision). Synonym: cranial nerve IV. (27 Sep 1997) |
| pathfinder | A filiform bougie for introduction through a narrow stricture end to serve as a guide for the passage of a larger sound or catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathic | A male who submits to the crime against nature; a catamite. Origin: L. Pathicus, Gr, passive, fr, to suffer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pathless | Having no beaten path or way; untrodden; impenetrable; as, pathless woods. "Trough the heavens' wide, pathless way." (Milton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pathoamine | A ptomaine; a toxic amine causing disease or resulting from a disease process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathobiology | Pathology with emphasis more on the biological than on the medical aspects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathocidin | 8-Azaguanine (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathoclisis | A specific tendency to sensitivity to special toxins; a tendency for toxins to attack certain organs. Origin: patho-+ G. Klisis, bending, proneness (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathocrinia | An obsolete term for any disorder of the endocrine glands. Origin: patho-+ G. Krino, to separate (05 Mar 2000) |
| pathodixia | Rarely used term for a morbid desire to exhibit one's injured or diseased part. Origin: patho-+ G. Deiknumi, to show (05 Mar 2000) |