Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0065 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-pathy: Disease
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The idea
The suffix pathy names disease of the structure its root identifies, without specifying its nature.
In practice
Neuropathy is disease of the nerves.
Where people slip
Pathy is used when the disease process is unspecified or not yet identified.
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