pathogeny of a disease
1Pathogeny — Pa*thog e*ny, n. (Med.) (a) The generation, and method of development, of disease; as, the pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled. (b) That branch of pathology which treats of the generation and development of disease. [1913 Webster] …
2pathogeny — pəˈthäjənē, paˈ noun ( es) Etymology: path + geny : pathogenesis * * * pathogenˈesis or pathogeny /pə thojˈə ni/ noun (mode of) production or development of disease • • • Main Entry: ↑patho …
3pathogeny — n. generation and development of a disease …
4Pathogenesis — The development of a disease and the chain of events leading to that disease. * * * The pathologic, physiologic, or biochemical mechanism resulting in the development of a disease or morbid process. Cf.:etiology. [patho + G. genesis, production]… …
5Pathogenic — Path o*gen ic, a. [Gr. ? disease + the root of ? birth.] (Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to pathogeny; producting disease; as, a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium. [1913 Webster] …
6pathogenesis — noun a) The origin and development of a disease. b) The mechanism whereby something causes a disease. See Also: pathogen, pathogenic, pathogeny …
7pathogenesis — pathogenetic /path oh jeuh net ik/, adj. /path euh jen euh sis/, n. the production and development of disease. Also, pathogeny /peuh thoj euh nee/. [1875 80; < NL; see PATHO , GENESIS] * * * …
8pathology — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. diagnostics, bacteriology, pathogeny; see medicine 3 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. infection, growth, contamination, immune response, immune breakdown, disease, manifestation, malignancy, contagiousness, spread …
9pathogenesis — /pæθəˈdʒɛnəsəs/ (say pathuh jenuhsuhs) noun the production and development of disease. Also, pathogeny /pəˈθɒdʒəni/ (say puh thojuhnee). –pathogenetic /pæθədʒəˈnɛtɪk/ (say pathuhjuh netik), adjective …
10pathogenesis — [pə thäj′ə nēpath΄ə jen′ə sis] n. [ModL: see PATHO & GENESIS] the production or development of a disease: also pathogeny [pə thäj′ə nē] pathogenetic [pə thäjə net′ik] adj …
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