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Pathology
is the study and medical
diagnosis
of
disease
, especially after death. A person who does this work is called a pathologist. Techniques include
dissection
,
microscopic
examination of
tissues
and
chemical analysis
of
fluids
. A pathologist may perform an
autopsy
, to discover the
cause of death
.
Pathology is a
science
that concerns with finding the cause (etiology) or presence of a disease by careful examination of a tissue or sample of any component of the body by scrutinizing it.
Pathologists often work with biochemists in hospital laboratories.