pathogenesis
nounUK /ˌpæθ.ə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/ · CA, US /ˌpæθ.oʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/
Etymology From patho- + -genesis.
1
The origin and development of a disease.
2
The mechanism whereby something causes a disease.
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aetiopathogenesis, aetiopathogenetic, cardiopathogenesis, cardiopathogenetic, chronopathogenesis, clinicopathogenesis, clinicopathogenetic, copathogenesis, cytopathogenesis, cytopathogenetic, enteropathogenesis, enteropathogenic, entomopathogenesis, etiopathogenesis, etiopathogenetic, hepatopathogenesis, histopathogenesis, histopathogenetic, immunopathogenesis, immunopathogenetic, nephropathogenesis, neuropathogenesis, neuropathogenetic, pathoangiogenesis, pathoangiogenetic, physiopathogenesis, phytopathogenesis, salutogenesis, synaptopathogenesis, uropathogenesis- Related terms
- aetiogenesis, pathogen, pathogenic, pathogenicity, pathogeny, aetiology, aetiopathogenic, aetiopathology, dysregulation, etiology, pathobiologic, pathobiology, pathophysiologic, pathophysiology