Meanings
- not comparablemedicinePertaining to pathophysiology.
What, beyond abnormal, dysregulated cell division, was the common pathophysiological mechanism underlying cancer?
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 2851 more example
Selye […] revealed that measurable biomolecular changes took place in the body provoked by environmental conditions such as cold temperatures or excessive and prolonged exercise. These changes reduced an individual’s tolerance to other injuries and pathogens and, when prolonged, eventually led to death. He labeled this pathophysiological response the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS).
2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2
Origin
- Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
- Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
- Englishpatho-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
- Ancient Greekφῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
- Ancient Greekφῠ́σῐς (phŭ́sĭs)
- Englishphysio-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinphysiologicus
- Englishphysiological
- Englishpathophysiological
From patho- + physiological.
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pathophysiological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathophysiological
“pathophysiological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathophysiological. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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