-pathy

noun combining form

Definition of -PATHY

: feeling : suffering <empathy> : perception <telepathy>

: disorder of (such) a part or kind <neuropathy>

: system of medicine based on (such) a factor <osteopathy>

Latin -pathia, from Greek -patheia, from -pathēs suffering, from pathos

Medical Dictionary

noun combining form -pa·thy \pə-thē\

plural -pa·thies

: feeling <apathy> <telepathy>

: disease of a (specified) part or kind <idiopathy> <myopathy>

: therapy or system of therapy based on a (specified) unitary theory of disease or its treatment <homeopathy>

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