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path noun (paths) 1 (also pathway) a track trodden by, or specially surfaced for, walking. 2 the line along which something is travelling • the path of Jupiter. 3 a course of action • the path to ruin. 4 computing the location of a file in terms of a computer's disk drives and directory structure. beat a path to someone's door to visit them very often or in very large numbers.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon pæth.

-path combining form, forming nouns, denoting 1 a sufferer from a particular disorder • psychopath. 2 a practitioner of a particular therapy • homoeopath • osteopath.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pathos experience or suffering.

patho- or (before a vowel) path- combining form, denoting disease • pathology.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek pathos experience or suffering.

pathol. or path. abbreviation 1 pathology. 2 pathological.