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单词 -pathy
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
-pathy, 
  1. a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "suffering,'' "feeling'' (antipathy;
    sympathy    );
    in compound words of modern formation, often used with the meaning "morbid affection,'' "disease'' (arthropathy;
    deuteropathy;
    neuropathy;
    psychopathy    ), and hence used also in names of systems or methods of treating disease (allopathy;
    homeopathy;
    hydropathy;
    osteopathy    ). Cf. -path, -pathia. 
  • combining form representing Greek pátheia suffering, feeling, equivalent. to páth(os) pathos + -eia -y3

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-pathy n combining form
  1. indicating feeling, sensitivity, or perception: telepathy
  2. indicating disease or a morbid condition: psychopathy
  3. indicating a method of treating disease: osteopathy
Etymology: from Greek patheia suffering; see pathos

-pathic adj combining form
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