Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.
Any of several interrelated scientific disciplines that advance the aspects of the life sciences that allow for such technological applications and their advancements over time.
The academic biomedical specialty that advances the aspects of the biomedical sciences that allow for those clinical applications and their advancements over time.
The clinical biomedical specialty that provides microscopy and other laboratory services to clinicians (e.g., cytology, histology, cytopathology, histopathology, cytometry).
Pathosis: any deviation from a healthy or normal structure or function; abnormality; illness or malformation.