A specific branch of medical science that is concerned with the study of the cause, origin and nature of a disease state, including its consequences as a result of manifestation of the disease. In clinical care, the term is used to designate a branch of medicine using laboratory tests to diagnose and determine the prognostic significance of illness.
- Equivalent Classes
- schema:Pathology
- Enumeration instance of
- Is Part Of
- health-lifesci.schema.org