The study of diseases and harmful changes in tissue caused by bacteria.
From bacterio- (bacteria) + pathology (Greek pathos, 'disease' + logos, 'study'). This combines the study of bacteria with the study of disease.
Bacteriopathology revolutionized medicine in the late 1800s when scientists like Robert Koch proved bacteria actually caused diseases—before that, many doctors thought illness came from bad air!
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