(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.
Oncology is the branch of medicine that deals with cancer. Hematology is the branch of medicine that involves diseases and problems with blood. Often times they are lumped together and called Hem-Onc (pronounced heem-onk). Oncology deals with cancer and hematology deals with blood disorders.