Pathname separator
file system
The character used to separate elements of a path or pathname. Under Unix and POSIX.1 compliant systems the pathname separator is the (forward) slash, in MS-DOS backslash serves the same purpose. For obvious reasons the no directory or file name can contain this character.
(1996-11-21)
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- Patho-
1. a combining form meaning “suffering,” “disease,” “feeling,” used in the formation of compound words: pathology. combining form 1. disease: pathology before vowels path-, word-forming element meaning “Suffering, disease,” from Greek patho-, comb. form of pathos “suffering, disease” (see pathos). patho- or path- pref. Disease; suffering: pathogen.
- Pathobiology
pathobiology path·o·bi·ol·o·gy (pāth’ō-bī-ŏl’ə-jē) n. The study or practice of pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects.
- Pathoclisis
pathoclisis path·o·clis·is (pāth’ə-klĭs’ĭs) n.
- Pathocure
[path-uh-kyoo r] /ˈpæθ əˌkyʊər/ noun 1. Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- Pathoformic
[path-uh-fawr-mik] /ˌpæθ əˈfɔr mɪk/ adjective 1. Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.