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Pathogenesis

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pathogenesis"

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Word	Definition
pathogenic	(pathology) Able to cause (harmful) disease.
pathogenicitynoun	The quality or state of causing, originating or producing disease.
pathogennoun	(pathology, immunology) An agent that can cause disease, especially an infectious microorganism, such as a bacterium, virus, protozoon or fungus.
genesisnoun	The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
originnoun	The beginning of something.
pathogenynoun	(medicine) The generation and method of development of disease.
causationnoun	The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
originationnoun	(uncountable) The process of bringing something into existence.
etiologynoun	US standard spelling of aetiology. [The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.]
evolutionnoun	Process of development.
pathophysiologynoun	(pathology) The physiological processes associated with disease or injury.
causenoun	(countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
developmentnoun	(uncountable) The process of developing; growth, directed change.
inductionnoun	An act of inducting.
pathobiologynoun	(medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease).
onsetnoun	(medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent.
generationnoun	A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
formationnoun	The act of assembling a group or structure. [from 14th c.]
etiopathogenesisnoun	Alternative form of aetiopathogenesis. [(medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.]
progressionnoun	The act of moving forward or proceeding in a course; motion onward.