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pathogeny

pathogeny noun: the generation and method of development of disease.

Noun

pathogeny (countable and uncountable, plural pathogenies)

  1. The generation and method of development of disease.
    • The pathogeny of yellow fever is unsettled.
    • Dr. Schmitz (Neuenahr) calls attention to four interesting cases (two fatal) as illustrating the pathogeny of diabetes, the symptoms resembling that produced in the dieted diabetics by that over-indulgence in saccharine food, for which they have such a craving.1881 July 15, “The Lancets”, in The Australian Medical Journal, volume 3, page 321

Forms of pathogeny

pluralpathogenies

Origin of pathogeny

From patho- + -geny.

Words formed from pathogeny

Questions about pathogeny

What does pathogeny mean?
Pathogeny means the generation and method of development of disease.
What part of speech is pathogeny?
Pathogeny is a noun.
What is the plural of pathogeny?
The plural of pathogeny is pathogenies.

Words near pathogeny in the dictionary

  1. pathogenity
  2. pathogenomic
  3. pathogenomics
  4. pathogenous
  5. pathogens
  6. pathogeny
  7. pathogeographic
  8. pathogeography
  9. pathoglycemia
  10. pathognomic
  11. pathognomical

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