pathobiology

pathobiology

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Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der.
Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)der.
English patho-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.
Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.
New Latin -logia
New Latin biologialbor.
English biology
English pathobiology

    From patho- + biology.

    Noun

    pathobiology (usually uncountable, plural pathobiologies)

    1. (biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects.
    2. (medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease).
    3. (medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology.

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