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pathophysiology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The physiological processes associated with disease or injury.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos)der. English patho- Proto-Indo-European *bhuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bhuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) 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 -λογίᾱ (-logíā) Ancient Greek φῠσῐολογίᾱ (phŭsĭologíā)bor. Latin physiologiabor. French physiologie English physiology English pathophysiology From patho- + physiology.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 病理生理學 /病理生理学 (bìnglǐ shēnglǐxué) — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Czech: patofyziologie — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Danish: patofysiologi — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Finnish: patofysiologia — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Hungarian: kórélettan — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Italian: fisiopatologia — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Japanese: 病態生理学 (byōtai seirigaku) — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Kazakh: патологиялық физиология (patologiälyq fiziologiä) — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Persian: پاتوفیزیولوژی — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Polish: fizjologia patologiczna — physiological processes associated with disease or injury
  • Turkish: patofizyoloji — physiological processes associated with disease or injury