-PATHY


Meaning of -PATHY in English

pəthē, -thi noun combining form

( -es )

Etymology: Latin -pathia, from Greek -patheia, from path-, stem of paschein to experience, suffer — more at pathos

1. : feeling — suffering

a pathy

tele pathy

2. : disease of a (specified) part or kind

idio pathy

myo pathy

3. : therapy or system of therapy based on a (specified) unitary theory of disease or its treatment

homeo pathy

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