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单词 pathography
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pathographyn.

Brit. /pəˈθɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /pəˈθɑɡrəfi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: patho- comb. form, -graphy comb. form.
Etymology: < patho- comb. form + -graphy comb. form. In sense 2 after German Pathographie (1909 or earlier).
1. A description of disease. rare. Now historical.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > study of disease > [noun] > description of disease
nosography1654
pathography1848
1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 433/2 Pathography, a description of disease.
1912 Science 18 Oct. 522/1 Departments of Botany... VI. Pathologic Botany [comprising] Pathography. Etiology. Therapy. Prophylaxis.
1985 O. Sacks Man who mistook Wife Pref. p. ix Hippocrates..introduced the case history, a description, or depiction, of the natural history of disease—precisely expressed by the old word ‘pathography’.
2. The study of the life of an individual or the history of a community with regard to the influence of a particular disease or disorder; (as a count noun) a study or biography of this kind.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > study of disease > [noun] > study of individual or community
pathography1917
1917 C. R. Payne tr. O. Pfister Psychoanalytic Method xxvii. 573 The history of the Catholic sainthood affords the analytic pathography an inexhaustible material.
1930 Sci. Monthly Jan. 80/2 The prominence which has been given to pathological and physical scientific conceptions..does not mean that the chief aim of biography is to become pathography.
1998 Guardian 27 Oct. ii. 5/3 I cannot even say I detest the ‘pathographies’ written by Joan Crawford's daughter or OJ Simpson's ex-lover.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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