Definition of PATHOBIOLOGY

pathobiology

Meanings

Plural: pathobiologies

Noun

  • The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than on the medical aspects.
  • pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease).
  • The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology.

Origin / Etymology

From patho- + biology.

Scrabble Score: 23

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Words With Friends Score: 25

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