The Science of the Causes and Effects of Disease

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Concert Hall, Group 586, Puzzle 3 (Ludwig Van Beethoven).

Question is: The Science of the Causes and Effects of Disease

and the answer is: PATHOLOGY

Word Meaning:

PATHOLOGY — The study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences; now usually and especially in the clinical and academic medicine subsenses defined below.

Definitions from Wiktionary.