"La prevención de las patologías..."

Question

Here I go again

Context=aquaculture ie: fish farming. The complete sentece is La prevención de las patologías causadas por virus está recomendada por la FAO y la OIE y la UE para que la Acuicultura pueda ser alternativa a las pesquerías.

My question is this: Is patologías interchangeable with enfermedades in Spanish?

*Patología *translates, has the dictionary definition of "pathology" . In English "pathology" is quite distinct from "disease". In English at least, "pathology" is the study and diagnosis of disease.

So I can translate this as: (1) "The prevention of diseases caused by a virus..."

or thinking in English, (2) "The pathology for the prevention of diseases..."

I prefer the first one but the logic of "pathology", as I say, is study and diagnosis.

So to reiterate my query: Is patologías interchangeable with enfermedades in Spanish?

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

Patologia like the English word pathology refers to set of symptoms of the diease.

Yes, so not the disease itself? Thanks. - lagartijaverde, Nov 22, 2010