macropathology

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

macro- +‎ pathology

Noun[edit]

macropathology (countable and uncountable, plural macropathologies)

  1. (pathology) The gross anatomical changes caused by a disease
    • 2015 June 15, Mayinur Eli et al., “K-ras genetic mutation and influencing factor analysis for Han and Uygur nationality colorectal cancer patients”, in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine[1], volume 8:
      There were no associativity (P>0.05) between the K-ras genetic mutation and sex, age, smoking history, drinking history, tumor location, macropathology type, differentiation level, staging, invasive depth, lymph nodes transferring and metastasis in colorectal cancer patients (P>0.05).