ichthyopathology en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰúHs? Proto-Hellenic *ikʰtʰū́s Ancient Greek ῐ̓χθῡ́ς (ĭkhthū́s) English ichthyo- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos 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 ichthyopathology From ichthyo- + pathology.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The study of diseases of fish.
Classically the species of Aeromonas implicated in fish disease that have been considered important in ichthyopathology were A. salmonicida and A. hydrophila.
2012, Edmir Carvalho, Health and Environment in Aquaculture, page 124: