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pathophysiological

pathophysiological adjective: pertaining to pathophysiology.

Adjective

pathophysiological (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining 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 285
    • 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...2023, Anne L. Grauer, “Introduction” (chapter 1), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 2

Origin of pathophysiological

From patho- + physiological.

Words formed from pathophysiological

Questions about pathophysiological

What does pathophysiological mean?
Pathophysiological means pertaining to pathophysiology.
What part of speech is pathophysiological?
Pathophysiological is an adjective.

Words near pathophysiological in the dictionary

  1. pathophobia
  2. pathophobias
  3. pathophys
  4. pathophysical
  5. pathophysiologic
  6. pathophysiological
  7. pathophysiologically
  8. pathophysiologies
  9. pathophysiologist
  10. pathophysiologists
  11. pathophysiology

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