(n.) One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.
Example Sentences:
(1) The procedure was used on 71 occasions, and in each case a clinical diagnosis was made and compared with the cytological diagnosis made independently by a pathologist.
(2) This recently reported inherited syndrome should be recognized by pathologists because of major risk of cardiac myxoma.
(3) Its recommendations were judged "correct" by the evaluating pathologist in 15 cases.
(4) Clearly evident to the pathologist are the limitations of morphology, of the light microscope and of routine techniques for examining surgical specimens.
(5) A 1977 College of American Pathologists survey of hospitals has been analyzed to compare Rh immune globulin usage (RhIgG) with methods used to screen and confirm fetomaternal hemorrhage (FMH).
(6) A survey of chairmen of United States departments of pathology (97% response rate) augmented with data from the Association of American Medical Colleges shows that roughly two thirds (65%) of departmental faculty are physicians, the great majority of whom are pathologists.
(7) The presentation of the phagocytic theory of immunity, proposed by Metchnikoff in 1883, was immediately attacked by German pathologists and microbiologists.
(8) Interpretation of frozen sections of needle biopsies of breast lesions is reliable when performed by experienced surgeons and handled and interpreted by experienced pathologists.
(9) The pathologist should be aware that he is still liable for errors induced by the technician, even without having the possibility of responsibility or any supervision.
(10) This article reviews different approaches that have been advocated by the College of American Pathologists, by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards, and by manufacturers of diagnostic methods and controls.
(11) Results of analyses for cell surface antigens on lymphocytes and for cellular DNA content were reported to the College of American Pathologists Computer Center and the summary data were mailed to participants.
(12) Furthermore, individual AgNOR dots were much more readily discerned in cell imprints than in sections, and this appears to be the method of choice if pathologists wish to at least approach absolute rather than relative AgNOR counts.
(13) Semantic and diagnostic criteria for myocarditis can still be challenged, but the Dallas criteria for evaluation does allow an accurate assessment by all pathologists, in spite of individual variation.
(14) The surgical pathologist, as a member of the transplantation team, is increasingly involved in the evaluation of allograft dysfunction.
(15) In 11 patients in the earlier years of this study the clinical diagnosis was not made and the tumor was identified by the pathologist at autopsy.
(16) The pathologist should never be biased by the age of the patient, for a serious mistake can arise.
(17) However, optimal results depend on certain requirements: (1) correct sampling methods, together with preservation (fixation, freezing) and processing of biopsies; (2) adequate clinical background information for the pathologist; (3) reporting according to international recommendations; (4) last but not least, well-qualified clinicians and pathologists.
(18) This diagnostic scheme has been tested by four pathologists independently.
(19) Histological materials was reviewed by a pathologist and a diagnosis aspect according to the working formulation of the National Cancer Institute for the NHL.
(20) Pathologists must recognized this entity and distinguish it from adenocarcinoma in biopsies.
Pathology
Definition:
(n.) The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pathological and immunocytochemical data supported the diagnosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma.
(2) Among the pathological or abnormal ECGs (25.6%) prevailed the vegetative-functional heart diseases with 92%.
(3) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(4) Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are frequently accompanied by deteriorated renal functions and by pathological lesions in the glomeruli.
(5) In addition, pathological dexamethasone-tests may indicate an increased suicide-risk in these patients.
(6) These same molecules may be equally responsible for the pathologic characteristics of the immune response seen, for example, in inflammatory bowel diseases.
(7) Periosteal chondroma is an uncommon benign cartilagenous lesion, and its importance lies primarily in its characteristic radiographic and pathologic appearance which should be of assistance in the differential diagnosis of eccentric lesions of bones.
(8) The pathology resulting from a missense mutation at residue 403 further suggests that a critical function of myosin is disrupted by this mutation.
(9) Because of the short detachment interval, and the absence of underlying pathology or trauma, the recovery process described here probably represents an example of optimum recovery after retinal reattachment.
(10) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
(11) SD is shown to have therapeutic and differential diagnostic significance in varying pathological conditions of cerebral dopaminergic systems.
(12) Four of the five ectopic pregnancies occurred in patients with previously documented tubal pathology.
(13) It is concluded that fibroblast replication is an important mechanism leading to the pathologic fibrosis seen in graft versus host disease and, by analogy, probably other types of immunologically mediated fibrosis.
(14) In one of the cirrhotic patients, postmortem correlation of sonographic, angiographic, and pathological findings showed that the dilated vessels seen on sonography were cystic veins draining normally into the portal vein rather than portosystemic anastomoses.
(15) In a control scheme for enzootic-pneumonia-free herds, 43 herds developed enzootic pneumonia, as judged by non-specific clinical and pathological criteria over 10 years.
(16) This series of tests included tests for pathologic nystagmus, saccades, smooth pursuit, and optokinetic nystagmus, as well as bithermal caloric testing and rotational testing.
(17) Schistosomal obstructive uropathy was studied by clinical, laboratory epidemiologic and pathologic analysis in 155 Egyptian patients treated surgically.
(18) Internal fixation of these pathological fractures appeared to be the best treatment.
(19) These findings suggest that Sch 40120 is a potent anti-inflammatory agent that may be particularly useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis in which leukotrienes appear to be major mediators of the pathological symptoms that characterize the disease state.
(20) Based upon the analysis of 1015 case records of patients, aged 16-70, with different hip joint pathology types, carried out during 1985-1990, there were revealed mistakes and complications after reconstructive-restorative operations.