pathobiology
nounEtymology From patho- + biology.
1
Biology, Natural sciences Usually The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects.
2
Medicine, Sciences Usually pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease).
3
Medicine, Sciences Usually The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology.
- Derived terms
- neuropathobiology
- Related terms
- etiology
- Hyponyms
- pathoanatomy, pathophysiology