PATH

Abbreviation with 2 meanings

PATH
Stands forPort Authority Trans-Hudson
Meanings2
CategoriesTransportation & Travel, Medical
Also writtenPath

PATH has two meanings. It stands for Port Authority Trans-Hudson (rail and transit) or Pathology (medical specialty).

Meanings of PATH at a glance

#PATH stands forContext
1Port Authority Trans-HudsonTransportation & Travel › Rail and Transit
2PathologyMedical › Medical Specialty

1. Port Authority Trans-Hudson

Transportation & Travel · Rail and Transit Abbreviations

Rapid transit system linking Newark, Jersey City and Hoboken with Lower and Midtown Manhattan through tunnels under the Hudson River, run by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Example: Take the PATH from Hoboken to 33rd Street; it's quicker than the ferry this time of day.

Opened in 1908 as the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, nicknamed the Hudson Tubes, and taken over by the Port Authority in 1962. Its World Trade Center station, rebuilt after September 11, 2001, sits beneath the Oculus designed by Santiago Calatrava. PATH runs 24 hours a day.

2. Pathology (Path)

Medical · Medical Specialty Abbreviations

Specialty that diagnoses disease by examining tissues, cells and body fluids. Anatomic pathologists study biopsies, surgical specimens and autopsies, while clinical pathologists direct laboratory testing such as chemistry, microbiology and blood banking.

Example: Path called with the frozen section: margins negative.

Combined anatomic and clinical pathology (AP/CP) residency lasts four years in the US. Subspecialties include dermatopathology, cytopathology, hematopathology, forensic pathology and molecular genetic pathology. The "path report" is the written diagnosis that guides cancer treatment.

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  • NS – Norfolk Southern
  • OMNY – One Metro New York
  • P&R – Park and ride
  • PAYG – Pay as you go
  • PNR – Passenger Name Record
  • PQWL – Pooled quota waiting list
  • PTC – Positive train control

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More medical specialty abbreviations

  • OMFS – Oral and maxillofacial surgery
  • Onc – Oncology
  • Ophtho – Ophthalmology
  • Ortho – Orthopedics (orthopedic surgery)
  • PCCM – Pulmonary and critical care medicine
  • Peds – Pediatrics
  • PRS – Plastic and reconstructive surgery
  • Psych – Psychiatry

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