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phytopathology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The study of plant diseases; plant pathology

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bhuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English phytopathology From phyto- + pathology.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: fitopatologie — study of plant diseases
  • Chinese Mandarin: 植物病理學 /植物病理学 (zhíwù bìnglǐxué) — study of plant diseases
  • Czech: fytopatologie — study of plant diseases
  • Dutch: fytopathologie — study of plant diseases
  • Finnish: fytopatologia — study of plant diseases
  • Finnish: kasvipatologia — study of plant diseases
  • French: phytopathologie — study of plant diseases
  • Galician: fitopatoloxía — study of plant diseases
  • German: Phytopathologie — study of plant diseases
  • German: Pflanzenpathologie — study of plant diseases
  • Greek: φυτοπαθολογία (fytopathología) — study of plant diseases
  • Italian: fitopatologia — study of plant diseases
  • Japanese: 植物病理学 (shokubutsu byōrigaku) — study of plant diseases
  • Macedonian: фитопатоло́гија (fitopatológija) — study of plant diseases
  • Polish: fitopatologia — study of plant diseases
  • Portuguese: fitopatologia — study of plant diseases
  • Russian: фитопатоло́гия (fitopatológija) — study of plant diseases
  • Swedish: växtpatologi — study of plant diseases
  • Vietnamese: bệnh học thực vật — study of plant diseases