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pathogenesis

/ˌpæθ.ə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/US/ˌpæθ.oʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/

pathogenesis noun: the origin and development of a disease.

Noun

pathogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural pathogeneses)

  1. The origin and development of a disease.
  2. The mechanism whereby something causes a disease.

pathogenesis meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

pathogenesis in Tamil

நோய் தோன்றும் முறை, துயர்ச்செனிப்பு, நாய்ச்செனிப்பு, நோய்த் தோற்ற வகை

pathogenesis in Tagalog

pathogenesis
mulsakitan

Examples of pathogenesis in a sentence

  • Apart from that, their etiologies, pathogenesis, and clinical implications differ, making it important to distinguish between them.
  • Type I NF describes polymicrobial infections, whereas type II NF has a monomicrobial pathogenesis.
  • Impaired microcirculatory perfusion appears to be crucial to the pathogenesis of both neuropathy and retinopathy in diabetics.

All 12 example sentences with pathogenesis

Forms of pathogenesis

pluralpathogeneses

Origin of pathogenesis

From patho- + -genesis.

Words formed from pathogenesis

Questions about pathogenesis

What does pathogenesis mean?
Pathogenesis means the origin and development of a disease.
What is pathogenesis in Tamil?
Pathogenesis in Tamil is நோய் தோன்றும் முறை, துயர்ச்செனிப்பு, நாய்ச்செனிப்பு. See Pathogenesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pathogenesis?
Pathogenesis is a noun.
How do you pronounce pathogenesis?
Pathogenesis is pronounced /ˌpæθ.ə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of pathogenesis?
The plural of pathogenesis is pathogeneses.

Words near pathogenesis in the dictionary

  1. pathogen
  2. pathogene
  3. pathogeneity
  4. pathogenes
  5. pathogeneses
  6. pathogenesis
  7. pathogenesy
  8. pathogenetic
  9. pathogenetical
  10. pathogenetically
  11. pathogeneticity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pathogenesis (page history and authors); pathogenesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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