comb. form forming nouns denoting: 1 a practitioner of curative treatment (homoeopath; osteopath). 2 a person who suffers from a disease (psychopath).
[ back-form. f. -PATHY, or f. Gk -pathes -sufferer (as PATHOS) ]
comb. form forming nouns denoting: 1 a practitioner of curative treatment (homoeopath; osteopath). 2 a person who suffers from a disease (psychopath).
[ back-form. f. -PATHY, or f. Gk -pathes -sufferer (as PATHOS) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012