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photopathology

photopathology noun: the branch of pathology dealing with disease caused by exposure to light. Also the misspelling of phytopathology.

Noun

photopathology (uncountable)

  1. The branch of pathology dealing with disease caused by exposure to light

Also used as

photopathology is also the misspelling of phytopathology.

Origin of photopathology

From photo- + pathology.

Questions about photopathology

What does photopathology mean?
Photopathology means the branch of pathology dealing with disease caused by exposure to light.
What part of speech is photopathology?
Photopathology is a noun.

Words near photopathology in the dictionary

  1. photopanorama
  2. photopanoramas
  3. photopaper
  4. photopapers
  5. photoparoxysmal
  6. photopathology
  7. photopattern
  8. photopatternable
  9. photopatterned
  10. photopatterning
  11. photopatterns

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