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ichthyopathology

ichthyopathology noun: the study of diseases of fish.

Noun

ichthyopathology (uncountable)

  1. The study of diseases of fish.
    • Classically the species of Aeromonas implicated in fish disease that have been considered important in ichthyopathology were A. salmonicida and A. hydrophila.2012, Edmir Carvalho, Health and Environment in Aquaculture, page 124

Origin of ichthyopathology

From ichthyo- + pathology.

Questions about ichthyopathology

What does ichthyopathology mean?
Ichthyopathology means the study of diseases of fish.
What part of speech is ichthyopathology?
Ichthyopathology is a noun.

Words near ichthyopathology in the dictionary

  1. ichthyonyms
  2. ichthyootoxin
  3. ichthyootoxins
  4. ichthyopathogenic
  5. ichthyopathological
  6. ichthyopathology
  7. ichthyophagan
  8. ichthyophage
  9. ichthyophages
  10. ichthyophagi
  11. ichthyophagian

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