(Greek: open market or meeting place) Large, open public space which served as a place for assembly for the citizens of a Greek city; the political, civic, religious and commercial center of a Greek city; buildings for all of these various purposes were constructed as needed in and around the agora.
pathology. 1. the branch of medicine treating of the essential nature of disease, especially of the changes in body tissues and organs that cause or are caused by disease. 2. the structural and functional manifestations of a disease. adj., adj pathologÂ´ic, pathologÂ´ical.
(1) The branch of medical science that deals with orderly relationships among diseases or classifications of disease. (2) A scientific or theoretical system for classification of disease.(3) A description of the characteristics of a particular disease or syndrome.1) The branch of medical science that deals with orderly relationships among diseases or classifications of disease. (2) A scientific or theoretical system for classification of disease.