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ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA [1 record]

Record 1 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

The subspecialty of pathology that pertains to the gross and microscopic study of organs and tissues removed for biopsy or during postmortem examination, and also the interpretation of the results of such study.

CONT

Anatomical pathology is the study of organs and tissues to determine the causes and effects of particular diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Discipline médicale se consacrant à l'étude de la morphologie des processus morbides.

OBS

Consistant en l'identification et l'étude des lésions, elle est à la base de la méthode anatomoclinique.

OBS

Encore appelée anatomopathologie, d'un anglicisme «pathologie» ou en abréviation «anath», l'anatomie pathologique étudie les aspects morphologiques des maladies et a ainsi une place éminente dans le diagnostic des cancers.

Key term(s)
  • anatomo-pathologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
DEF

Estudio de las modificaciones estructurales de los órganos resultantes de las acciones y de las reacciones mórbidas.

CONT

La anatomía patológica [...] es la rama de la medicina que se ocupa del estudio, por medio de técnicas morfológicas, de las causas, desarrollo y consecuencias de las enfermedades. El fin último es el diagnóstico correcto de biopsias, piezas quirúrgicas, citologías y autopsias.

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