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cytopathology

[ sahy-toh-puh-thol-uh-jee ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. the science dealing with the study of the diseases of cells.


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Other Words From

  • cy·to·path·o·log·ic [sahy-toh-path-, uh, -, loj, -ik], cyto·patho·logi·cal adjective
  • cyto·patho·logi·cal·ly adverb
  • cyto·pa·tholo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cytopathology1

First recorded in 1935–40; cyto- + pathology
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Example Sentences

By again combining epidemiological analysis with cytopathology, she found that the original high-dose estrogen birth control pill increased the rate of cervical cancer six-fold.

Cytopathology refers to the diagnosis of disease at the cellular level.

The first cytopathology tool widely used in the United States was the Pap smear test, which was adopted in the 1950s to screen patients for cervical cancer.

As Rosenthal remarked, “The field of cytopathology at the time was fledgling. A lot of people in pathology, and medicine in general, looked at it as if it were witchcraft.”

Through her perseverance she changed the way doctors diagnose cervical cancer, and shaped the field of cytopathology for decades to come.

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