What does pathologist mean?
Word: Pathologist
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Pathologist means a doctor or scientist who works in a laboratory, testing what is taken from the body to find the cause of an illness.
How do you spell pathologist?
Syllables: pa - thol - o - gist
Tricky part: The vowel after th is o, not a, so pathalogist is wrong.
Watch out for: pathalogist, patholojist
Memory tip: The vowels on each side of the l are both o, as round as the lenses of a microscope.
Pathologist in a sentence
Example 1: The pathologist found the cause of the fever from my blood test.
Example 2: Pathologists use powerful microscopes to examine tiny pieces of tissue.
Example 3: Our family doctor sent the sample to a pathologist in the city lab.
Fun Fact
Many pathologists work in hospital laboratories, where they can test a sample within minutes so that other doctors know what to do next.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) laboratory
b) pathologest
c) bacteria
d) microscope
Show answer
b) pathologest. Like biologist and geologist, it ends in ist.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
p_t_ologist
a) e, h
b) o, h
c) a, h
d) a, t
Show answer
c) a, h. The word begins with path, as in the Greek pathos, suffering.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
glhoaitspto
a) geologist
b) oncologist
c) apologist
d) pathologist
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d) pathologist. Apologist has no h, and geologist and oncologist have no p or a; the jumble gives pathologist.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our doctor recieved the report from the pathologist the very next morning.
a) doctor
b) recieved
c) pathologist
d) morning
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b) recieved. After c the order is e then i: received.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would a pathologist examine under a microscope?
a) a heartbeat recording
b) an eye chart
c) a blood sample
d) an X-ray film
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c) a blood sample
2. Which word shares a Greek root, meaning suffering or feeling, with pathologist?
a) pathway
b) patio
c) sympathy
d) patrol
Show answer
c) sympathy
