This is the 5500th most frequent Spanish word.
patología
The study of diseases, their causes, and effects.
In this sentence, 'patología' is used as a technical term referring to a field of scientific study, specifically in medical sciences.
La patología es la rama de la medicina que estudia las enfermedades.
Pathology is the branch of medicine that studies diseases.
Here, 'patología' refers to a specific medical condition or disease, emphasizing its role in diagnosis or classification of ailments.
El médico identificó una patología pulmonar en el paciente.
The doctor identified a lung pathology in the patient.
In this context, 'patología' is used to denote the academic discipline or subject area that one might study or specialize in.